### Clue: Pound succeeded Dickensian character, female, past prime (9)
### Answer: SHEEPFOLD 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Pound
 S(abbrev. for "succeeded") + HEEP(Uriah, character in Charles Dickens' novel "David Copperfield") + F(abbrev. for "female") + OLD(past the period/years of one's prime).
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