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What’s wrong after a father initially gives proclamation (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fatwah

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'proclamation' is the definition.
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'what's wrong after a father initially gives' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'gives' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'father' is 'f'.
'what' with letters rearranged gives 'twah'.
'a'+'f'='af'
'af' anagrammed gives 'fa'.
'twah' after 'fa' is 'FATWAH'.

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(Other definitions for fatwah that I've seen before include "Stern decree" , "Decree issued by a Muslim authority" , "Religious ruling" , "Ruling issued by an Islamic scholar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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