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Mostly stolen, deficit's original solution for the most senior (6)

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I believe the answer is:

oldest

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'most senior' is the definition.
('old' is associated in meaning with 'senior')

'mostly stolen deficit's original solution for the' is the wordplay.
'mostly stolen deficit' becomes 'olde' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'original' says to take the initial letters.
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
The initial letter of 'solution' is 's'.
'olde'+'s'+'t'='OLDEST'

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(Other definitions for oldest that I've seen before include "Least young" , "Least recent" , "Let's do! (anag.)" , "Most ancient (O, not E)" , "Eldest" .)

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