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Like the image of a little old lady out for a great day? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

graven

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'like the image' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'a little old lady out for a great day?' is the wordplay.
'a little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'old lady' becomes 'gran' (short for grandmother).
'out' becomes 'n' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'a great day?' becomes 've' (abbreviation for Victory in Europe Day).
'gran' with its last letter taken away is 'gra'.
'n' after 've' is 'ven'.
'gra'+'ven'='GRAVEN'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for graven that I've seen before include "Carved (as an image)" , "Fixed indelibly (in mind)" , "Carved, as images may be" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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