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Your old-fashioned smithy suffers a 50 percent loss (3)

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I believe the answer is:

thy

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'your old-fashioned' is the definition.
(archaic word for 'your')

'smithy suffers a 50 percent loss' is the wordplay.
'THY' is hidden in amongst the letters.
But, I am uncertain how the hidden word is indicated.

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(Other definitions for thy that I've seen before include "Belonging to thee" , "Your, of old" , "Your (archaic)" .)

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