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Days and years on earth rising? Blimey! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

egad

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'blimey' is the definition.
(both are expressions of surprise)

'days and years on earth rising?' is the wordplay.
'days' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for days).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'years on earth' becomes 'age' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rising?' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'age' in reverse letter order is 'ega'.
'd' put after 'ega' is 'EGAD'.

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(Other definitions for egad that I've seen before include "Christ" , "Old exclamation; aged (anagram)" , "Mild oath - aged (anag)" , "My word once" , "Forgotten curse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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