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Father due to reform complex bloke? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freud

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'complex bloke?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'father due to reform' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'to reform' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new form).
'due' is an anagram of 'eud'.
'fr'+'eud'='FREUD'

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(Other definitions for freud that I've seen before include "Sigmund -, Austrian neurologist" , "Psychoanalysis pioneer" , "See 9" , "Sigmund ...., great psychiatrist" , "Painter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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