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Consider old American is graceless (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ponderous

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'graceless' is the definition.
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'consider old american' is the wordplay.
'consider' becomes 'ponder' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'ponder'+'o'+'us'='PONDEROUS'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ponderous that I've seen before include "Weighty" , "Slow and clumsy" , "Pedestrian's" , "Slow and laborious" , "Heavy-handed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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