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Run into parents in ham and cheese place (5)

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I believe the answer is:

parma

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'ham and cheese place' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'run into parents' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'parents' becomes 'pama' (Pa and Ma).
'r' inserted into 'pama' is 'PARMA'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for parma that I've seen before include "It. ham city; its Charterhouse, Stendhal" , "European city" , "Italian city famous for cheese and ham" , "Italian city producing cured ham" , "Source of ham and cheese" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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