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Incompetent fool, the old man, mostly supported by a daughter (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fathead

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'incompetent' is the definition.
(both can mean stupid person)

'fool the old man mostly supported by a daughter' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'f' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'old man' becomes 'da' (da can mean dad).
'mostly' means to remove the first letter.
'supported by' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'da' with its first letter removed is 'a'.
'the'+'a'='thea'
'thea' after 'a' is 'athea'.
'f'+'athea'+'d'='FATHEAD'

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(Other definitions for fathead that I've seen before include "Fool" , "Slang idiot with enlarged cranium?" , "silly ass!" , "Stupid person" , "Dimwit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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