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He's twice a father (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

papa

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'he's' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'twice a father' is the wordplay.
'twice' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'a father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'pa' duplicated is 'PAPA'.

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(Other definitions for papa that I've seen before include "Pop" , "Father; letter P" , "Father; P (radio comms.)" , "Mama's other half?" , "Comms code for 'P'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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