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Pre-eminent male, remaining, elderly relative (11)

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I believe the answer is:

grandmother

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'elderly relative' is the definition.
'grandmother' can be an answer for 'relative' (grandmother is a kind of relative). I'm not certain of the 'elderly' bit.

'pre-eminent male remaining' is the wordplay.
'pre-eminent' becomes 'grand' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'remaining' becomes 'other' (similar in meaning).
'grand'+'m'+'other'='GRANDMOTHER'

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(Other definitions for grandmother that I've seen before include "Female ancestor" , "See 22" , "Relation" , "Older relative" , "Mum's mum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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