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Old money court makes obsolete (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extinct

'obsolete' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old money court' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'money' becomes 'tin' (old-fashioned slang term for money).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'ex'+'tin'+'ct'='EXTINCT'

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for extinct that I've seen before include "No longer in existence" , "Long gone, like te dinosaur" , "No longer around" , "Wiped out" , "gone for ever" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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