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Old dad’s a singer (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

past it

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'old' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'dad's a singer' is the wordplay.
'dad's' becomes 'pa's' (both can mean one's father).
'a singer' becomes 'tit' (type of songbird).
'pas'+'tit'='PAST IT'

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(Other definitions for past it that I've seen before include "Informally too old to function" , "Getting over the hill" , "No longer able, too old or decrepit" , "undrinkable?" , "not helped by age" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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