Crossword Genius

Separated father comes back with gallery contents (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apart

'separated' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'father comes back with gallery contents' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'comes back' is a reversal indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'gallery contents' becomes 'art' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pa' backwards is 'ap'.
'ap'+'art'='APART'

(Other definitions for apart that I've seen before include "Isolated" , "In private" , "Separated physically" , "Separated; to one side" , "No longer living together" .)

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