Great care home keeping father and son apart (5)
I believe the answer is:
pains
'great care' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'home keeping father and son apart' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is present in the answer.
'father' could be 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father) and 'pa' is present in the answer.
'son' could be 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son) and 's' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pains that I've seen before include "Nice bakery's production" , "Great care taken" , "troubles?" , "Labour" , "Symptoms of hurt or disease" .)