What's awfully tiresome, I get older — time to enjoy life in France? (9,3)
I believe the answer is:
troisieme age
'time to enjoy life in france?' is the definition.
(French term for old age or retirement)
'what's awfully tiresome i get older' is the wordplay.
'what's awfully' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get older' becomes 'age' ('age' can be a synonym of 'get older').
'tiresome'+'i'='tiresomei'
'tiresomei' is an anagram of 'troisieme'.
'troisieme'+'age'='TROISIEME AGE'
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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