Elizabeth's dad holds wake, doctor. Son follows some staring stupidly (7)

I believe the answer is:

gawkers

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'follows some staring stupidly' is the definition.
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'elizabeth's dad holds wake doctor son' is the wordplay.
'elizabeth's dad' becomes 'gr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'holds' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'wake' with letters rearranged gives 'awke'.
'gr' going around 'awke' is 'gawker'.
'gawker'+'s'='GAWKERS'

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