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A ragged hostel demolished in dispute (2,11)

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I believe the answer is:

at loggerheads

'in dispute' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a ragged hostel demolished' is the wordplay.
'demolished' is an anagram indicator.
'ragged'+'hostel'='raggedhostel'
'raggedhostel' anagrammed gives 'tloggerheads'.
'a'+'tloggerheads'='AT LOGGERHEADS'

(Other definitions for at loggerheads that I've seen before include "In violent disagreement" , "In confrontation" , "Quarrelling" , "In violent dispute" , "Disagreeing with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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