The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PAPA
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More clues leading to the result PAPA
- The old man needs two assistants
- Pop to see Oscar's successor
- Take unauthorised photo of a man with offspring
- Old man's code word for a pee
- Doc’s father
- Dad’s very quietly drinking a third brandy
- Father requiring pair of pears, oddly
- Twice a year is enough for father
- . Two assistants, one has kids
- Successor of Oscar Peterson arrives, and pianist ably starts
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What does PAPA mean?
PAPA noun- Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- A pet name for one's grandfather.
- A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.