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The good fellow is evidently not young (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grey friar

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'evidently not young' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'the good fellow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'fellow' could be 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.) and 'f' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' is the link.

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(Another definition for grey friar that I've seen is " Franciscan".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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