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Old man hacks into renowned computer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

notepad

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'computer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old man hacks into renowned' is the wordplay.
'old man hacks' becomes 'pa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'renowned' becomes 'noted' (synonyms).
'pa' put inside 'noted' is 'NOTEPAD'.

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(Other definitions for notepad that I've seen before include "writer's block" , "Block writer might have" , "type of computer" , "Where memos get written" , "Pocket-sized computer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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