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Is she too old to miss? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

madam

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'to miss?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'is she too old' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'she' could be 'ada' and 'ada' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for madam that I've seen before include "Term of address to a woman" , "Bossy girl" , "Woman with status - girl with bad manners" , "Woman of standing" , "Woman running a brothel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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