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Odd pair into capturing father's ghostly visitation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparition

'ghostly visitation' is the definition.

'odd pair into capturing father's' is the wordplay.
'odd' is an anagram indicator.
'capturing' indicates putting letters inside.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'pair'+'into'='pairinto'
'pairinto' with letters rearranged gives 'aprition'.
'aprition' going around 'pa' is 'APPARITION'.

(Another definition for apparition that I've seen is " Ghost".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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