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Made to retire at an early age? (4,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sent to bed

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'made' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'to retire at an early age?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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