Assistant receives payment, being responsible for children? (8)
I believe the answer is:
parental
'assistant receives payment being responsible for children?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'assistant receives payment' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'assistant' could be 'pa' (personal assistant) and 'pa' is found in the answer.
'payment' could be 'rental' (I've seen this before) and 'rental' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parental that I've seen before include "of old man and woman" , "of some older relatives" , "Of mother and/or father" , "of father, perhaps" , "Relating to mother and father" .)