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Mum and dad, not in Paris, touring Split (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parents

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'mum and dad' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not in paris touring split' is the wordplay.
'not in paris' becomes 'pas' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'split' becomes 'rent' ('rent' can be a synonym of 'split').
'pas' going around 'rent' is 'PARENTS'.

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(Other definitions for parents that I've seen before include "Entraps (anag.)" , "Mothers and fathers" , "Mother and father" , "Mum and dad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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