#1 dad?

I believe the answer is:

adam

(Other definitions for adam that I've seen before include "- - Bede by George Eliot" , "neoclassical style" , "Father of man" , "who transformed the Palladian style?" , "expelled gardener" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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