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Father accepting story in leaflet (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flier

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

'father accepting story' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'fr' going around 'lie' is 'FLIER'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for flier that I've seen before include "Rifle for airman" , "Risk" , "Circular" , "PO, for example" , "Aviator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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