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Dad's mid-century history (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

past

'history' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dad's mid-century' is the wordplay.
'dad's' becomes 'pa's' (both can mean one's father).
'mid' means to look at the middle letters (mid- can mean the middle of something).
The centre of 'century' is 't'.
'pas'+'t'='PAST'

(Other definitions for past that I've seen before include "A person's earlier life history" , "Beyond" , "Ended" , "over and done with" , "Finished, gone" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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