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Record our getting older: it's depressing (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discouraging

'depressing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'record our getting older' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'disc' ('disc' can be a synonym of 'record').
'getting older' becomes 'aging' (I've seen this in other clues).
'disc'+'our'+'aging'='DISCOURAGING'

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for discouraging that I've seen before include "Depressing" , "Putting (someone) off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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