Crossword puzzle clue "not as old as than"

Shall not, older than old-school

Not as old as, ... than

Better than not bad but not great

Hamlet's "A little more than kin, and less than kind," e.g.

Antlered animal that's smaller than a moose, bigger than a deer

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him": Dostoyevsky

More than fair, less than great

Whence the line "A little more than kin, and less than kind"