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Superb commercial inspiring daughter's older relative (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granddad

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'older relative' is the definition.
'granddad' can be an answer for 'relative' (granddad is a kind of relative). I'm not certain of the 'older' bit.

'superb commercial inspiring daughter's' is the wordplay.
'superb commercial' becomes 'grandad' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inspiring' is an insertion indicator.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'grandad' enclosing 'd' is 'GRANDDAD'.

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(Another definition for granddad that I've seen is " Familiar old man".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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