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Twice, Everyman's beginning to take against nephew: that's not odd (4)

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I believe the answer is:

even

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'not odd' is the definition.
('even' is the opposite to 'odd')

'twice everyman's beginning to take against nephew' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'against' could be 'v' (abbreviation for 'versus') and 'v' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'een' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "Plumb" , "Like half the numbers" , "Constant" , "Not easily annoyed" , "When darkness starts to fall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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