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Double act that's now extinct (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dodo

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'now extinct' is the definition.
I know that 'extinct' relates to this answer.

'double act' is the wordplay.
'double' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'act' becomes 'do' (to do is to act or execute a task).
'do' duplicated is 'DODO'.

'that's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dodo that I've seen before include "Old-fashioned person" , "Square" , "E [EXTINCT] bird" , "bird long dead" , "Flightless bird, extinct since the 17th century" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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