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Make a parent hang around to fake illness (8)

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I believe the answer is:

malinger

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'to fake illness' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'make a parent hang' is the wordplay.
'make a parent' becomes 'ma' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hang' becomes 'linger' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ma'+'linger'='MALINGER'

'around' is the link.

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(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "Avoid duty by pretending sickness" , "Skive by pretending to be ill" , "Feign illness to avoid work" , "Slack in germinal fashion" , "Pretend to be ill to avoid work" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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