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Current item I dropped in support of the old man’s ways (5)

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I believe the answer is:

paths

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'ways' is the definition.
(path is a kind of way)

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(Other definitions for paths that I've seen before include "Ways, routes" , "Tracks, routes" , "Trails" , "Tracks, ways" .)

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