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Miss the old flipping footman! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lackey

'footman' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'miss the old flipping' is the wordplay.
'miss' becomes 'lack' (lacking is a kind of missing**).
'the old' becomes 'ye'.
'flipping' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ye' reversed gives 'ey'.
'lack'+'ey'='LACKEY'

(Other definitions for lackey that I've seen before include "An archaic menial or servant" , "An old servant or slavish person" , "An archaic servant or servile follower" , "assistant" , "Flunkey, sycophant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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