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The old man accepting an order, and a cigar! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panatella

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

'the old man accepting an order and a' is the wordplay.
'the old man' becomes 'pa' (both can mean father).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator.
'order' becomes 'tell' ('tell' can be a synonym of 'order'**).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pa' going around 'an' is 'pana'.
'pana'+'tell'+'a'='PANATELLA'

(Other definitions for panatella that I've seen before include "source of smoke" , "that's smoked" , "Kind of cigar" , "Type of cigar" , "Slender cigar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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