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Enjoyment of father joining it for a night to begin with (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fruition

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'enjoyment' is the definition.
(I know that fruition is a type of enjoyment)

'of father joining it for a night to begin with' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'father' could be 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title) and 'fr' is located in the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for fruition that I've seen is " Realisation, fulfilment".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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