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Father's Day, touching for father (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

padre

'father's' is the definition.
('Padre' can be a synonym of 'father')

'day touching for father' is the wordplay.
'day' becomes 'd'.
'touching' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'd'+'re'='dre'
'dre' put after 'pa' is 'PADRE'.

(Other definitions for padre that I've seen before include "Sky pilot (military slang)" , "Man of god - drape (anag)" , "Father" , "Chaplain to armed forces" , "clerical worker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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