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Old relative managed after touch of gout (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gran

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'old relative' is the definition.
'gran' can be an answer for 'relative' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'old' bit.

'managed after touch of gout' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'touch of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'gout' is 'g'.
'ran' after 'g' is 'GRAN'.

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(Other definitions for gran that I've seen before include "Older relative" , "Rang (anag.)" , "old lady" , "She's of an older generation, in short" , "elderly relative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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