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Track by grey-haired bloke like Keith Richards? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silverstone

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'track' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'grey-haired bloke like keith richards?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'grey' could be 'silver' (silver is a kind of grey) and 'silver' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'stone' 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).

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for silverstone that I've seen before include "English motor racing circuit" , "English race track" , "place for motorists - with 24d" , "UK motor racing circuit" , "Northamptonshire motor-racing circuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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