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A line possibly nice for old people (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iceni

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'old people' is the definition.
(ancient tribe of Britain)

'a line possibly nice' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'nice' is 'icen' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for iceni that I've seen before include "Rebellious tribe" , "Ancient Brits" , "Old warriors" , "Boudica's tribe" , "Ancient British tribe" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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