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Dad's not heavy on him! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

father

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

'not heavy on him' is the wordplay.
'not heavy' becomes 'the' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'him' becomes 'far'.
'the' inserted within 'far' is 'FATHER'.

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(Other definitions for father that I've seen before include "Sire" , "pops" , "relation" , "and 13: Jolly gift-deliverer" , "Relative and priest" .)

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