Daughter studying with some apprehension (8)

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dreading

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'daughter studying with some apprehension' is the definition.
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'daughter studying' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'studying' becomes 'reading' ('read' can be a synonym of 'study').
'd'+'reading'='DREADING'

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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