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Dad's boy gets beaten (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pasted

'beaten' is the definition.
(pasting is a kind of beating)

'dad's boy' is the wordplay.
'dad's' becomes 'pa's' (both can mean one's father).
'boy' becomes 'ted' (short for Edward or Theodore).
'pas'+'ted'='PASTED'

'gets' acts as a link.

(Another definition for pasted that I've seen is " Thrashed - glued".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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