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Guy going grey, coping (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

managing

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'coping' is the definition.
('manage' can be a synonym of 'cope')

'guy going grey' is the wordplay.
'guy' becomes 'man' (guy can informally mean a man).
'going grey' becomes 'aging' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man'+'aging'='MANAGING'

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(Other definitions for managing that I've seen before include "Handling" , "Running; coping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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