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Old man eating chicken -- sign that could portend prodigious events (9)

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I believe the answer is:

phenomena

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'events' is the definition.
(phenomenon is a kind of event)

'old man eating chicken sign' is the wordplay.
'old man' becomes 'pa' (both can mean father).
'eating' is an insertion indicator.
'chicken' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken).
'sign' becomes 'omen' (omen is a kind of sign).
'hen'+'omen'='henomen'
'pa' placed around 'henomen' is 'PHENOMENA'.

'that could portend prodigious' is the link.
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(Other definitions for phenomena that I've seen before include "strange doings!" , "facts" , "Things sensed" , "Remarkable events or things, wonders (9)" , "He-man open to remarkable things or wonders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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