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A brother we shot in turn-of-century conflict (3,4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the boer war

'turn-of-century conflict' is the definition.
(Second Boer War, 1899-1902 war)

'a brother we shot' is the wordplay.
'shot' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'brother'+'we'='abrotherwe'
'abrotherwe' is an anagram of 'THE BOER WAR'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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