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Very old article, quite flexible (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antique

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

'article quite flexible' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'flexible' indicates an anagram (the word is bent into a new form).
'quite' anagrammed gives 'tique'.
'an'+'tique'='ANTIQUE'

(Other definitions for antique that I've seen before include "Veteran" , "Quite an old thing with age value" , "Age-old" , "Venerably old" , "Long-standing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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