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Poor parentage produces ill feeling (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bad blood

'ill feeling' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poor parentage' is the wordplay.
'poor' becomes 'bad' (similar in meaning).
'parentage' becomes 'blood' (synonyms).
'bad'+'blood'='BAD BLOOD'

'produces' is the link.

(Other definitions for bad blood that I've seen before include "Ill-feeling (between people)" , "Ill feeling, animosity of sanguinary sort" , "Rancour" , "Hatred - ill-feeling" , "Hostility or ill-feeling, from tainted gore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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