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British command leads to row and division (10)

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I believe the answer is:

borderline

'division' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'british command leads to row' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'command' becomes 'order' (order is a kind of command**).
'leads' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to row' becomes 'line' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'order'+'line'='BORDERLINE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for borderline that I've seen before include "barely acceptable" , "Marginal n" , "Boundary" , "frontier" , "divides countries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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