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Finding record old? Extremely (9)

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I believe the answer is:

discovery

'finding' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'record old? extremely' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'disc' ('disc' can be a synonym of 'record').
'old?' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'extremely' becomes 'very' (I've seen this before).
'disc'+'o'+'very'='DISCOVERY'

(Other definitions for discovery that I've seen before include "Something newly found" , "Process of finding" , "Find - Scott's ship" , "Thing found (or the finding)" , "old ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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