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Parent has final word in complaint (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mumps

'complaint' is the definition.
(mumps is a kind of disease)

'parent has final word' is the wordplay.
'parent' becomes 'mum' (mum is a kind of parent**).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'final word' becomes 'ps' (PS in a letter).
'mum'+'ps'='MUMPS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for mumps that I've seen before include "Epidemic parotitis" , "Disease once common in children" , "Infectious glandular disease" , "Virus disease causing painful swellings in neck" , "Viral disease, dangerous to adult males" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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