Descendant arranged tongs a different way (5-8)
I believe the answer is:
great-grandson
'descendant' is the definition.
(I know that great grandson is a type of lineal descendant)
'arranged tongs a different way' is the wordplay.
'a different way' indicates anagramming the letters.
'arranged'+'tongs'='arrangedtongs'
'arrangedtongs' is an anagram of 'GREAT-GRANDSON'.
(Another definition for great-grandson that I've seen is " Arranged tongs (anag) - descendent".)
I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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