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Merlot I’d distributed for senior citizen (3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old-timer

'senior citizen' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'merlot i'd distributed' is the wordplay.
'distributed' is an anagram indicator.
'merlot'+'id'='merlotid'
'merlotid' anagrammed gives 'OLD-TIMER'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for old-timer that I've seen before include "Man of long experience" , "Male with long experience, maybe a prospector" , "Very long-serving person" , "Veteran, elderly person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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