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Old flame to get to 50 and celebrate (5)

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I believe the answer is:

extol

'celebrate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'old flame to get to 50' is the wordplay.
'old flame' becomes 'ex' (an ex-partner).
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to 50' becomes 'l' (Roman numeral).
'ex'+'to'+'l'='EXTOL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for extol that I've seen before include "'Praise, glorify (5)'" , "Exalt" , "Praise enthusiastically" , "Highly rate" , "Praise greatly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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