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Attorney is not getting on - it follows a major conflict (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treaty

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'attorney is not' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'on it follows a major conflict' is the wordplay.
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'major conflict' becomes 'trey' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't' put after 'a' is 'at'.
'at' inserted into 'trey' is 'TREATY'.

'getting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for treaty that I've seen before include "'Pact, accord (6)'" , "Political or private agreement" , "Covenant" , "International agreement" , "Pact or agreement between nations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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