Maybe led to rely unreasonably on the aged (7)

I believe the answer is:

elderly

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'the aged' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'maybe led to rely' is the wordplay.
'maybe' is an anagram indicator.
'led'+'rely'='ledrely'
'ledrely' is an anagram of 'ELDERLY'.

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(Other definitions for elderly that I've seen before include "... or not of tender years" , "Silver" , "Mature" , "Aged" , "Getting on a bit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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