Crossword Genius

Mean to declare how old one is (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

average

'mean' is the definition.
(I know that mean can be written as average)

'declare how old one is' is the wordplay.
'declare' becomes 'aver' (averring is a kind of declaring).
'how old one is' becomes 'age'.
'aver'+'age'='AVERAGE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Mean - ordinary" , "Mean - everyday" , "Usual - mediocre - mean" , "The statistical norm" , "'Medium, middling (7)'" .)

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