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You might be old (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thou

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

'old' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'thu' 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).

'might be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thou that I've seen before include "'Holier than - - '" , "You (obs.)" , "You, poetically of old" , "Archaic pronoun" , "Measure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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