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A young producer (6)

Ross

I think it could be either:

parent

mother
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(Other definitions for parent that I've seen before include "E.g. father" , "Mother or father or what they do" , "Rear" , "Author" , "Raise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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