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Two interlinked * clues;
1ac)Ill-fated parent initially housed by robust sons. (7)
H-*-R-S
2d)Italian paintings first exhibited in old man's suite?(7)
*-R-I-A

Ha(p)le +ss

Partita

Partita

Thanks Les and jazz girl. Would never have got PARTITA

Passed in the air jazzgirl, couldn't quite parse it then, but here it is now

it = Italian
art = paintings
pa = old man
art has to be exhibited first (before 'it') inside Pa

Partita is a set of variations = suite

I agree ;)