Long ago, quaintly (4)

I believe the answer is:

yore

(Other definitions for yore that I've seen before include "Long ago (poetic)" , "Long ago (literary)" , "Times past" , "Bygone time" , "Formerly, of long ago" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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