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Old bird in repeated act (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dodo

'old bird' is the definition.
(extinct bird)

'repeated act' is the wordplay.
'repeated' says to double the letters.
'act' becomes 'do' (to do is to act or execute a task).
'do' duplicated is 'DODO'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dodo that I've seen before include "Two rooks - one was unable to fly" , "Old bird" , "one finished?" , "one very dead!" , "Proverbially extinct bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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