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Grand chap's tense facing single old bag? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gladstone

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'old bag?' is the definition.
'Gladstone' can be an answer for 'bag?' (Gladstone is an example). I'm not sure about the 'old' bit.

'grand chap's tense facing single' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'chap's' becomes 'lads' ().
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'facing' says to put letters next to each other.
'single' becomes 'one' (similar in meaning).
'g'+'lads'+'t'+'one'='GLADSTONE'

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(Other definitions for gladstone that I've seen before include "Liberal leader" , "Politician" , "5,27 [PRIME MINISTER]" , "19th-century prime minister" , "Former English PM or kind of bag" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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