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Female Steerforth corrupted embracing a new dad? (6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

foster father

'new dad?' is the definition.

'female steerforth corrupted embracing a' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'corrupted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'f'+'steerforth'='fsteerforth'
'fsteerforth' with letters rearranged gives 'fosterfther'.
'fosterfther' enclosing 'a' is 'FOSTER-FATHER'.

(Another definition for foster father that I've seen is " One bringing up another's child".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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