Old people seem'd strange (5)

I believe the answer is:

medes

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'old people' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'seem'd strange' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'seemd' with letters rearranged gives 'MEDES'.

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