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Wants gentleman to have children back around (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desires

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'wants' is the definition.
('desire' can be a synonym of 'want')

'gentleman to have children back around' is the wordplay.
'gentleman' becomes 'sire'.
'to have children back' becomes 'des' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sire' inserted into 'des' is 'DESIRES'.

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(Other definitions for desires that I've seen before include "Wants (7)." , "Wishes" , "Covets and yearns for" , "Hopes" , "needs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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