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Oldster led astray by a bit of a youngster? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elder

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'oldster' is the definition.
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'led astray by a bit of a youngster?' is the wordplay.
'astray' indicates an anagram.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a bit of a youngster?' becomes 'er' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'led' is an anagram of 'eld'.
'eld'+'er'='ELDER'

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(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "could be a church leader" , "Senior - presbyter" , "Senior churchperson" , "Senior type of tree?" , "Tree and Mormon church officer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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