Father also took in bear (5)
I believe the answer is:
panda
'bear' is the definition.
'father also took' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'also' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'took' becomes 'nda' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pa'+'nda'='PANDA'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "One bearlike" , "See 17" , "Black and white animal" , "Bearlike animal" , "Asian animal" .)