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Nominally the father of about six? (5)

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david

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'nominally the' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'father of about six?' is the wordplay.
'father of' becomes 'dad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'six?' becomes 'VI' (Roman numerals).
'dad' going around 'vi' is 'DAVID'.

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(Other definitions for david that I've seen before include "Welsh saint - French painter" , "- Copperfield (Dickens)" , "friend of Jonathan's?" , "Hebrew king" , "Israeli king" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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