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Conflict in river crossing at the front (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forward

'the front' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'conflict in river crossing' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'river crossing' becomes 'ford' (I've seen this before).
'war' put into 'ford' is 'FORWARD'.

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for forward that I've seen before include "To the front" , "Promote" , "Ahead; impertinent" , "going on" , "Onward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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