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Cry about right fight (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brawl

'fight' is the definition.
(brawl is a kind of fight)

'cry about right' is the wordplay.
'cry' becomes 'bawl' ('bawl' can be a synonym of 'cry'**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'bawl' placed around 'r' is 'BRAWL'.

(Other definitions for brawl that I've seen before include "Riotous fight" , "Melee" , "Scuffle, unseemly fight" , "Noisy quarrel" , "Ruckus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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