Personal assistant has lease like mum or dad (8)
I believe the answer is:
parental
'mum or dad' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'personal assistant has lease' is the wordplay.
'personal assistant' becomes 'PA' (abbreviation).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'lease' becomes 'rental' (synonyms).
'pa'+'rental'='PARENTAL'
'like' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parental that I've seen before include "of father, perhaps" , "of some older relatives" , "Relating to mother and father" , "Of mother and/or father" , "like mum and dad" .)