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Conflict over one point causes mistrust (8)

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I believe the answer is:

wariness

'mistrust' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'conflict over one point' 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).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'point' becomes 'ness' (ness can mean a geographical point).
'war'+'i'+'ness'='WARINESS'

'causes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wariness that I've seen before include "State of caution" , "Circumspection" , "Caution, watchfulnes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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