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A worker confused about an old conflict (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

korean war

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'old conflict' is the definition.
'korean war' can be an answer for 'conflict' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'old' bit.

'a worker confused about an' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a'+'worker'='aworker'
'aworker' is an anagram of 'korewar'.
'korewar' going around 'an' is 'KOREAN WAR'.

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(Other definitions for korean war that I've seen before include "armed conflict" , "Ninteen fifty to ninteen fifty three conflict" , "1950-53 conflict" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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