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Certainly not looking forward to daughter studying (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreading

'certainly not looking forward to' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughter studying' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'studying' becomes 'reading' ('read' can be a synonym of 'study').
'd'+'reading'='DREADING'

(Other definitions for dreading that I've seen before include "Looking ahead with apprehension" , "Being terribly afraid of something to come" , "anxious about" , "Feeling apprehensive" , "Certainly not looking forward to" .)

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