Hoary (5)

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olden

'hoary' is the definition.
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This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for olden that I've seen before include "as in time gone by" , "(Of days) in the long distant past!" , "of ancient history?" , "times gone by" , "Of past (times)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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