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Crude set-up engenders hostilities (3)

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I believe the answer is:

war

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'hostilities' is the definition.
(hostilities between two nations)

'crude set-up' is the wordplay.
'crude' becomes 'raw' (synonyms).
'set up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'raw' back-to-front is 'WAR'.

'engenders' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for war that I've seen before include "State of armed struggle" , "Combat" , "Large-scale conflict" , "Sustained conflict" , "Hostile situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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