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Reporting 100 who are too old (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coverage

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'reporting' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'100 who are too old' is the wordplay.
'c00 who are' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'too old' becomes 'overage' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'overage'='COVERAGE'

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(Other definitions for coverage that I've seen before include "Media reporting" , "policy provision" , "news attention" , "Treatment (of an issue) by the media" , "insurance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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