The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TIRED
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More clues leading to the result TIRED
- Bound round run getting exhausted
- Did exhaust part for American's car by day
- Exhausted, note, and visibly embarrassed
- Note on wine that’s no longer fresh
- Fed up with banks, head of Exchequer quits
- Wheels on a New York taxi may be so worn out
- Loveless editor, hopelessly exhausted
- Sick heart of artist, revolutionary
- Tried syncopated beat
- Sorely tried and weary
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The straight part
We know that "Showing signs of age" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case showing signs of age = tired.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TIRED mean?
TIRED verb- To become sleepy or weary.
- To make sleepy or weary.
- To become bored or impatient (with).
- To bore.
- To dress or adorn.
- To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- In need of some rest or sleep.
- Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
- Overused, cliché.
- Ineffectual; incompetent