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Daughter putting on clothes after a talking to (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addressing

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'daughter putting on clothes after a talking to' is the definition.
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'daughter putting on clothes after a' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'putting on clothes' becomes 'dressing' (I've seen this before).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'd'+'dressing'='ddressing'
'ddressing' after 'a' is 'ADDRESSING'.

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(Other definitions for addressing that I've seen before include "Dealing with" , "Speaking to" , "job for 18 [ENVELOPE STUFFER]?" , "Flying activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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