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True solution - looks for old race (9)

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I believe the answer is:

etruscans

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'looks for old race' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'true solution' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'true' is 'etru' which is located in the answer.
'solution' could be 'ans' (abbreviation for answer) and 'ans' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for etruscans that I've seen before include "Old Italians" , "Ancient Italians" , "old people in Italy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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