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Suitably accepting most of raise, it seems (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparently

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'it seems' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'suitably accepting most of raise' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'raise' could be 'parent' (synonyms) and 'parent' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for apparently that I've seen before include "On the face of it" , "Clearly" , "so it seems" , "Seemingly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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