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Maintain senior was usually around? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

averaged

'was usually around?' is the definition.
(to average is to be around a certain figure)

'maintain senior' is the wordplay.
'maintain' becomes 'aver' (averring is a kind of maintaining).
'senior' becomes 'aged' (synonyms).
'aver'+'aged'='AVERAGED'

(Other definitions for averaged that I've seen before include "Found mean" , "having done statistical calculation" , "developed mean values" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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