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Parent with sullen look making plan (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

map out

'plan' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'parent with sullen look' is the wordplay.
'parent' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of parent).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'sullen look' becomes 'pout'.
'ma'+'pout'='MAP OUT'

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for map out that I've seen before include "Plan" , "sketch" , "Arrange in detail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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