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Disagreement heretic enters into versus church (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

variance

'disagreement' is the definition.
(variance is a kind of disagreement)

'heretic enters into versus church' is the wordplay.
'heretic' becomes 'arian' (Arianism is a form of heresy).
'enters into' indicates putting letters inside.
'versus' becomes 'v'.
'church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
'v'+'ce'='vce'
'arian' put inside 'vce' is 'VARIANCE'.

(Other definitions for variance that I've seen before include "Change" , "Dissension" , "Not the main attraction" , "Difference, discrepancy" , "disagreement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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