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Battle (for) (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vie

(Other definitions for vie that I've seen before include "Strive in French way?" , "Contend for superiority" , "Rival" , "Try to do better than" , "Jockey" .)

I've seen this clue in the Jonesin', The Sun, the L.A. Times Daily, the Jonesin Crosswords, the King Feature Syndicate, The Washington Post and the Ink Well xwords.
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