Unlucky old men lie badly (3-6)
I believe the answer is:
ill-omened
'unlucky' is the definition.
(I know that unlucky can be written as ill-omened)
'old men lie badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'old'+'men'+'lie'='oldmenlie'
'oldmenlie' is an anagram of 'ILL-OMENED'.
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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