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Start up again in Scottish town father abandoned (5)

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I believe the answer is:

renew

'start up again' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'scottish town father abandoned' is the wordplay.
'scottish town' becomes 'Renfrew' (Renfrew is a town in Scotland).
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'abandoned' suggests deleting specific letters.
'renfrew' with 'fr' taken out is 'RENEW'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for renew that I've seen before include "Give fresh strength to" , "Begin again" , "Take up again" , "Regenerate" , "what regeneration will do" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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