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Pictured being one thousand years old (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imaged

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'pictured' is the definition.
('image' can be a synonym of 'picture')

'one thousand years old' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'thousand' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'years old' becomes 'aged' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'m'+'aged'='IMAGED'

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for imaged that I've seen before include "shown in picture" , "Copied" , "Fancied" , "Formed a picture of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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