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Periodic payment given by father and mother, maybe (6)

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I believe the answer is:

parent

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'mother maybe' is the definition.
(I know that mother is a type of parent)

'periodic payment given by father' is the wordplay.
'periodic payment' becomes 'rent' (rent is a kind of payment. I am not sure about the 'periodic' bit.).
'given by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'rent' after 'pa' is 'PARENT'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for parent that I've seen before include "Rear" , "One with children" , "One raises issue" , "What mums and dads do" , "Begetter of offspring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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