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Now daughter and adult play outside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

today

'now' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'daughter and adult play outside' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'adult' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'play' becomes 'toy' (synonyms).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'd'+'a'='da'
'da' put within 'toy' is 'TODAY'.

(Other definitions for today that I've seen before include "12, 12" , "Modern times" , "The present time or age" , "Yesterday's tomorrow" , "Presently" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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