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Father of TV comedy (3)

Ross

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ted

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'father of tv comedy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "Unruly youngster" , "'Father . . .' is a TV comedy show" , "1950s adolescent" , "Familiar form of Edward" , "Edward (dim.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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