Affecting fatherliness (13)

I believe the answer is:

paternalistic

(Other definitions for paternalistic that I've seen before include "Behaving in a fatherly but unwelcome way" , "Giving well-meaning but unwelcome supervision" , "Closely supervising" , "Caring but condescending" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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