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Health centre son joined with father (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spa

'health centre' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'son joined with father' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'joined with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
's'+'pa'='SPA'

(Other definitions for spa that I've seen before include "Watering hole" , "Healthy place" , "Health resort near a spring" , "Water source" , "Curative resort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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