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Very old and wise person circling pitch (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stone-age

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

'wise person circling pitch' is the wordplay.
'wise person' becomes 'sage' (I've seen this before).
'circling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (circling can mean going around or containing).
'pitch' becomes 'tone' (tone is a kind of pitch).
'sage' enclosing 'tone' is 'STONE-AGE'.

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for stone-age that I've seen is " Primitive".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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