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Answer for the clue "Son to finish parody ", 7 letters:
send-up

Word definitions for send-up in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a spoof," British slang, 1958, from verbal phrase send up "to mock, make fun of" (1931), from send (v.) + up (adv.), perhaps a transferred sense of the public school term for "to send a boy to the headmaster" (usually for punishment), which is attested ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. n. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His most famous movie is a hilarious send-up of life in ancient Rome. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And some of us decided to do a send-up of Iron Arrow. ▪ In fact it was a relatively innocent send-up .

Usage examples of send-up.

Shackleton, wrote some witty send-ups of various aspects of science fiction.