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Old man's first in school for exam result (4)

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I believe the answer is:

pass

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'result' is the definition.

'old man's first in school' is the wordplay.
'old man's' becomes 'pa's' (both can mean someone's father).
'first in school' becomes 's' (1st letter of 'school').
'pas'+'s'='PASS'

'for exam' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for pass that I've seen before include "beats me" , "good performance by exam candidate" , "Graduate, perhaps? A" , "Gesture to hypnotise" , "Succeed; overtake" .)

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