### Clue: Torn between father and a love initially of mother? (8)
### Answer: PARENTAL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: of mother?
  RENT(torn as an adjective) **contained in**(between) [PA(father) **plus**(and) A + L(first letter,initially of "love")].
Answer: Descriptive,of mother, with ? indicating it could have been of father also)