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Single, over fifty: desperate (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forty-five

But I can't explain it at all!

(Other definitions for forty-five that I've seen before include "Record - minutes in half a soccer match" , "Old vinyl single" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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