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Pretend there are no problems with father exercising dog? (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

paper over

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'pretend there are no problems' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'with father exercising dog?' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'exercising' becomes 'pe' (abbreviation for Physical Education).
'dog?' becomes 'rover' (Rover is a common name for a pet dog).
'pa' next to 'pe' is 'pape'.
'pape'+'rover'='PAPER OVER'

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(Other definitions for paper over that I've seen before include "Pretend there's no real problem with" , "Try to hide fault" , "Disguise bad news" , "Conceal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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