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Fear father will come round again? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dread

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'fear' is the definition.
(I know that fear can be written as dread)

'father will come round again?' is the wordplay.
'father will' becomes 'dad' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'come round' indicates putting letters inside.
'again?' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'dad' going around 're' is 'DREAD'.

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(Other definitions for dread that I've seen before include "Anticipate with fear" , "Enormous apprehension" , "Apprehensive fear" , "Intense fear" , "alarm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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