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Record having passed? Not according to this (1-5)

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I believe the answer is:

l-plate

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'passed? not according to this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'record' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'record' could be 'lp' (abbreviation for long play record) and 'lp' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'late' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'having' is the link.

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(Other definitions for l-plate that I've seen before include "Sign of trainee driver" , "Learner-driver's sign" , "It denotes a learner" , "Sign of a learner driver" , "Sign on learners car" .)

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