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Tree (5)

Ross

'tree' is the definition.
(elder is a kind of tree)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "Tribal advisor" , "Senior - church official" , "Older person - one's senior" , "Tree; of greater age" , "Senior churchman - shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Sun, The Mirror and The Times.
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