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Mysterious clue I would follow for old geometrician (6)

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I believe the answer is:

euclid

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'old geometrician' is the definition.
'Euclid' can be an answer for 'geometrician' (Euclid is an example). I am not sure about the 'old' bit.

'mysterious clue i would follow' is the wordplay.
'mysterious' indicates an anagram.
'i would' becomes 'I'd'.
'follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'clue' is an anagram of 'eucl'.
'eucl'+'id'='EUCLID'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for euclid that I've seen before include "Greek father of geometry" , "Geometrician of the 3rd century BC" , "mathematician appears" , "Ancient Greek master of geometry" , "Great Greek mathematician, notable for geometry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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