The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PENSIONER
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More clues leading to the result PENSIONER
- Senior citizen’s boarding-house on European river
- Italian boarding house run for senior citizen
- Chelsea type retirement income taken by Brenda?
- Old guy, individual captured by writer fellow
- Openers in on a sticky wicket, one perhaps 65 not out?
- Italian boarding house, right for a senior citizen
- Write to address occupied by single retiree
- Old sort of French-style boarding house on Exeter’s outskirts
- Writer’s one embraced by Irish senior citizen
- Writer, one engaged by gentleman, is person benefiting from fund
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The straight part
We know that "Old guy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old guy = pensioner.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PENSIONER mean?
PENSIONER noun- Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
- (by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
- (Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.