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I will get rebuked about old single? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isolated

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'single?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i will get rebuked about old' is the wordplay.
'will get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rebuked' becomes 'slated' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'slated' going around 'o' is 'solated'.
'i'+'solated'='ISOLATED'

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(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "Cut off, remote" , "kept separate" , "hard to find" , "Alone, set apart" , "kept apart from others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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