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Stick-in-the-mud vaguely remembered losing a grand (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fogy

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'stick-in-the-mud' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'vaguely remembered losing a grand' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'grand' could be 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand) and 'g' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'foy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for fogy that I've seen before include "old fellow" , "old buffer" , "old square" , "Old-fashioned person" , "Old-fashioned type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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