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Father carrying in rope (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

painter

'rope' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'father carrying in' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pater' (old-fashioned term for father).
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'pater' placed around 'in' is 'PAINTER'.

(Other definitions for painter that I've seen before include "Line attached to the bow of a boat when tying up" , "Bow tie" , "One who has a brush" , "Artist - rope for boat" , "What Rolf Harris was allowed to do" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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