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Old shipbuilder’s failure to respond to doctor? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noah

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'old shipbuilder's' is the definition.
'Noah' can be an answer for 'shipbuilder's' (I have seen 'Biblical shipbuilder' mean 'noah' so perhaps 'shipbuilder' could also mean 'noah'). I am unsure of the 'old' bit.

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

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(Other definitions for noah that I've seen before include "Sailor who ran aground on Mount Ararat" , "He survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain" , "Biblical boat builder" , "Hebrew patriarch who survived the Flood" , "Ham's father" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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