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Miles toiled, wasted and bygone (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old-time

'bygone' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'miles toiled wasted' is the wordplay.
'miles' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'wasted' is an anagram indicator.
'm'+'toiled'='mtoiled'
'mtoiled' anagrammed gives 'OLD-TIME'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for old-time that I've seen before include "(E.g. dancing) in ancient style" , "Relating to the past" , "Quaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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