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Informed of central heating for the aged (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

told

'informed' is the definition.
(telling is a kind of informing)

'central heating for the aged' is the wordplay.
'central' indicates the central letters.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the aged' becomes 'old' (I've seen this before).
The centre of 'heating' is 't'.
't'+'old'='TOLD'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for told that I've seen before include "Related (a story)" , "Assured" , "Made an impact" , "instructed" , "Authorised - broadcast" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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