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Important to avoid whiskey in old age? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

eighty

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'old age?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'important to avoid whiskey' is the wordplay.
'important' becomes 'weighty' (weighty can mean influential or important).
'to avoid' is a deletion indicator.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'weighty' with 'w' taken away is 'EIGHTY'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eighty that I've seen before include "Cardinal" , "Several score" , "'Nineteen -- Four' (novel)" , "Around the World in - Days (Verne)" , "score less than a hundred" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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