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Dated pair in our neighbourhood originally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outworn

'dated' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pair in our neighbourhood originally' is the wordplay.
'pair' becomes 'two' (a pair means two of something).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'originally' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'neighbourhood' is 'n'.
'two' put inside 'our' is 'outwor'.
'outwor'+'n'='OUTWORN'

(Other definitions for outworn that I've seen before include "Jaded" , "Old, exhausted or no longer used as dress" , "Old-fashioned" , "Out of date" , "Obsolete, dated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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