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A mother and father figure (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adam

'father figure' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a mother' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'a'+'dam'='ADAM'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adam that I've seen before include "First guy" , "__ Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations" , "First man of Genesis" , "who transformed Palladian architecture?" , "First fruit-eater" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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