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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def deprecated_opts_signature(args, kwargs):
 """ Utility to help with the deprecation of the old .opts method signature Returns whether opts.apply_groups should be used (as a bool) and the corresponding options. """

    from .options import Options
    groups = set(Options._option_groups)
    opts = {kw for kw in kwargs if kw != 'clone'}
    apply_groups = False
    options = None
    new_kwargs = {}
    if len(args) > 0 and isinstance(args[0], dict):
        apply_groups = True
        if (not set(args[0]).issubset(groups) and
            all(isinstance(v, dict) and not set(v).issubset(groups)
                for v in args[0].values())):
            apply_groups = False
        elif set(args[0].keys()) <= groups:
            new_kwargs = args[0]
        else:
            options = args[0]
    elif opts and opts.issubset(set(groups)):
        apply_groups = True
    elif kwargs.get('options', None) is not None:
        apply_groups = True
    elif not args and not kwargs:
        apply_groups = True

    return apply_groups, options, new_kwargs