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Juliet's dad put Alec straight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capulet

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'juliet's' is the definition.
(Juliet is a member of the Capulet family)

'put alec straight' is the wordplay.
'straight' is an anagram indicator.
'put'+'alec'='putalec'
'putalec' anagrammed gives 'CAPULET'.

'dad' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for capulet that I've seen before include "Family in play" , "Veronese family name" , "Will's family" , "Shakespeare's Juliet's family name" , "Verona family" .)

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