Father, running through London (6)

I believe the answer is:

thames

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(Other definitions for thames that I've seen before include "The Ma's in the river" , "capital banker" , "Shipping forecast area" , "River of southern England" , "London river" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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