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Father receives directions to make chess piece (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pawn

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'chess piece' is the definition.
(pawn is a kind of chess piece)

'father receives directions' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'receives directions' becomes 'wn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pa'+'wn'='PAWN'

'to make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pawn that I've seen before include "Chess piece; hock" , "Person used to gain an end" , "Chesspiece" , "Get ready for" , "one used by another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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