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Carnage
regularly
follows
elderly
American
–
and
it
returns
repeatedly
(9)
Carnage regularly follows elderly American – and it returns repeatedly (9)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at it returns repeatedly — that's your definition. You've got BOOMER (an elderly American, as in a baby boomer), followed by ANG, which is the regularly extracted even letters from carnage (c-**A**-r-**N**-a-**G**-e). Put them together and there's your answer.