Answer: paternal

AnswerCrossword Clue
PATERNALKind of grandparent
paternalShowing a kindness and care associated with a father; fatherly
paternalRelated through the father
paternalOf or appropriate to a father
paternalpertaining to a father
PATERNALLike some uncles
PATERNALRelated on the father's side
PATERNALProtective, in a way
PATERNALKind of advice
PATERNALOn dad's side
PATERNALAgnate
PATERNALFatherly
PATERNALKind of ancestor
PATERNALKindly.
PATERNALLike a father.
PATERNALFatherly.
PATERNALSolicitous, in a way
PATERNALAdvice such as Polonius' "To thine own self be true"