Jotter from public school returned by father and daughter (7)
I believe the answer is:
notepad
'jotter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'public school returned by father and daughter' is the wordplay.
'public school' becomes 'eton' (Eton College).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'eton' written backwards gives 'note'.
'note'+'pa'+'d'='NOTEPAD'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for notepad that I've seen before include "Small block of writing paper" , "aide-memoire" , "Where memos get written" , "Block of writing paper; computer" , "On which one writes" .)