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Being edgy, means nothing to father! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dado

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'being edgy means nothing to father' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'nothing to father' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'father' becomes 'dad' (informal term for father).
'o' after 'dad' is 'DADO'.

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(Other definitions for dado that I've seen before include "Low wall panel" , "Decorative wall border" , "Lower section of wall in room" , "Panelled lower part of a wall" , "Decorated lower part of an interior wall" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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