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Possessed and working after father disapproved! (7,2)

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I believe the answer is:

frowned on

'disapproved' is the definition.
(frowning on is a kind of disapproving)

'possessed and working after father' is the wordplay.
'possessed' becomes 'owned' ('own' can be a synonym of 'possess').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'working' becomes 'on'.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'father' becomes 'fr'.
'owned' put next to 'on' is 'ownedon'.
'ownedon' put after 'fr' is 'FROWNED ON'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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