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Fantasist in daughter, back to embrace me (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamer

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

'daughter back to embrace me' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'back' becomes 'rear' ('rear' can be a synonym of 'back'**).
'to embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'rear' enclosing 'me' is 'reamer'.
'd'+'reamer'='DREAMER'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dreamer that I've seen before include "He has visions" , ""You may say I'm a __" (John Lennon)" , "Gerontius" , "stargazer" , "Idealist - visionary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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