Cryptic crossword clue
Kelly, say, married dad’s mate in the afternoon 7, two words

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word PIP

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The straight part
We know that "the afternoon" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the afternoon = pip.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PIP mean?

PIP noun
  1. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
  2. Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
PIP noun
  1. A pippin, seed of any kind.
  2. Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
  3. (WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
PIP noun
  1. One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
  2. (public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
  3. A spot; a speck.
  4. A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
  5. A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
PIP verb
  1. To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
  2. To hit with a gunshot
PIP verb
  1. To peep, to chirp
  2. (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
PIP noun
  1. One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
PIP noun
  1. (currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

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