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Conflict over a study for the one in charge (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warden

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'the one in charge' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'conflict over a study' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'a study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'war'+'den'='WARDEN'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for warden that I've seen before include "Head of certain schools, colleges, etc" , "Supervisor; governor" , "Andrew, strangely, is in prison" , "Lord -- of the Cinque Ports" , "Prison or traffic official" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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