Crossword Genius

The claims potentially made by this seeker of life-prolonging remedy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alchemist

'this seeker of life-prolonging remedy' is the definition.
(alchemists sought the elixir of life)

'the claims potentially' is the wordplay.
'potentially' is an anagram indicator (letters have the potential to spell a new word).
'the'+'claims'='theclaims'
'theclaims' is an anagram of 'ALCHEMIST'.

'made by' is the link.

(Other definitions for alchemist that I've seen before include "Seeker after gold" , "The St Michael who tried to turn metal to gold" , "St Michael in role of one turning base metal into gold" , "St Michael (anag)" , "such as Paracelsus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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