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Seeming to turn old man against old man? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparent

'seeming' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'turn old man against old man?' is the wordplay.
'turn' is a reversal indicator.
'old man' becomes 'pa' (both can mean father).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old man?' becomes 'parent' (old man is a kind of parent).
'pa' back-to-front is 'ap'.
'ap'+'parent'='APPARENT'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for apparent that I've seen before include "cut , book written on a page" , "Evident, manifest" , "Ostensible, seeming" , "See 1" , "Seeming true; obvious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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