Cryptic crossword clue
Ignorance evident in elderly care till in-laws retired 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ILLITERACY

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Ignorance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ignorance = illiteracy.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ILLITERACY mean?

ILLITERACY noun
  1. The inability to read and write.
  2. The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
  3. A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
  4. (by extension) Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

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