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Assistant keeps son out of the way (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aside

'out of the way' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'assistant keeps son' is the wordplay.
'assistant' becomes 'aide' (aide is a kind of assistant).
'keeps' is an insertion indicator.
'son' becomes 's'.
'aide' enclosing 's' is 'ASIDE'.

(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "In reserve; actor's remark to audience" , "Line spoken to theatre audience" , "Aides (anag.)" , "Line spoken to the audience of a play" , "secretly" .)

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