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Doddery older mole, one that's admired by others (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

role model

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'one that's admired by others' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'doddery older mole' is the wordplay.
'doddery' is an anagram indicator.
'older'+'mole'='oldermole'
'oldermole' anagrammed gives 'ROLE-MODEL'.

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(Other definitions for role model that I've seen before include "example for kids" , "One whose example should be followed" , "Person to imitate" , "One's imitated" , "to set an example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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