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Mean to declare present point in life (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

average

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

'declare present point in life' is the wordplay.
'declare' becomes 'aver' (averring is a kind of declaring).
'present point in life' becomes 'age' (someone's current age).
'aver'+'age'='AVERAGE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Arithmetic mean" , "Moderate" , "nothing special" , "Mean - typical" , "representative figure?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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