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Conflict is in fashion in this vessel? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

warship

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'vessel?' is the definition.
(warship is a kind of vessel)

'conflict is in fashion in this' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'is in' becomes 'hip' (both can mean fashionable).
'fashion' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in this' is an insertion indicator.
'war'+'hip'='warhip'
'warhip' going around 's' is 'WARSHIP'.

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(Other definitions for warship that I've seen before include "Naval asset" , "Eg, destroyer, cruiser" , "Fighting vessel" , "Navy asset" , "frigate perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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