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Old people getting confused, for instance (8)

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ancients

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'old people' is the definition.
(people who lived in ancient times)

'confused for instance' is the wordplay.
'instance' anagrams to 'ANCIENTS'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'getting' is the link.

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(Another definition for ancients that I've seen is " Pistol and Iago".)

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