Prefix for 1-Across (4)

I believe the answer is:

para

(Other definitions for para that I've seen before include "Soldier in an airborne unit" , "Brazilian state" , "soldier potentially dropped" , "A block of text; an airborne soldier (abbrs.)" , "Soldier dropping to earth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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