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Forefather in scorn ate bananas (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ancestor

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

'scorn ate bananas' is the wordplay.
'bananas' is an anagram indicator (informal term for mad).
'scorn'+'ate'='scornate'
'scornate' anagrammed gives 'ANCESTOR'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ancestor that I've seen before include "Person from whom one is descended" , "Antecedent, forebear" , "An escort (anag.)" , "Predecessor" , "Adam was our first one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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