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Denied working aged ten (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

negated

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

'working aged ten' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates anagramming the letters.
'aged'+'ten'='agedten'
'agedten' anagrammed gives 'NEGATED'.

(Other definitions for negated that I've seen before include "Made ineffective" , "Cancelled or destroyed the effect of something" , "Discredited" , "Contradicted" , "Denied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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