The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word OLD DEAR
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More clues leading to the result OLD DEAR
- Cockney judge at hearing does perhaps for female pensioner?
- Pensioner disrespectfully told ‘not to start reckless dare’
- Senior citizen getting over land marginally steep
- One’s mother possibly describing a park in Richmond in speech
- Granny left overwhelmed by occasional attention
- Pensioner disrespectfully told 'not to start reckless dare'
- Far from stable, lad rode filly over the hill?
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "filly over the hill?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case filly over the hill? = old dear.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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