Getting older Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
(adjective)
1. growing old

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GETTING (noun)
1. the act of acquiring something
OLDER (adjective)
1. skilled through long experience
2. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

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