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Dull daughter to bring up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drear

'dull' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughter to bring up' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'to bring up' becomes 'rear' (rearing is a kind of bringing up).
'd'+'rear'='DREAR'

(Other definitions for drear that I've seen before include "Dull, bleak, depressing" , "Grim" , "Depressingly dull" , "Dismal, dull" , "gloomy in poem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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