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A dispute after day at sea (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adrift

'at sea' is the definition.
(drifting at sea)

'a dispute after day' is the wordplay.
'dispute' becomes 'rift' (rift can mean a feud or dispute).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'rift' after 'd' is 'drift'.
'a'+'drift'='ADRIFT'

(Other definitions for adrift that I've seen before include "Wandering aimlessly" , "Disoriented" , "(Of boat) moving out of control" , "Floating freely, not moored" , "Floating unattached as at sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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