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After fights, English scattered (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sparse

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

'after fights english' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fights' becomes 'spars' (sparring is a kind of fighting).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'spars' put next to 'e' is 'SPARSE'.

(Other definitions for sparse that I've seen before include "Meagre, scanty" , "Thinly dotted about" , "not packed together" , "Meagre; scarce" , "Thinly spread" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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