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Father of a Latin scholar? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pater

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'father of a latin scholar?' is the definition.
'pater' can be an answer for 'father' (old-fashioned term for father). I'm not certain of the 'of a latin scholar?' bit.

'father of' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'of' becomes 'ter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pa'+'ter'='PATER'

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(Other definitions for pater that I've seen before include "Walter --, English essayist; father" , "Taper away like father" , "Old man" , "Our Father - . . . . . Noster" , "Dad (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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