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Mourn eccentric old peer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deplore

'mourn' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'eccentric old peer' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates anagramming the letters.
'old'+'peer'='oldpeer'
'oldpeer' with letters rearranged gives 'DEPLORE'.

(Other definitions for deplore that I've seen before include "Sorrow over" , "Lament" , "Express disgust at" , "Regret deeply and strongly disapprove" , "Bemoan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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