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Dispute about working with female left one in front of court (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conflict

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'dispute' is the definition.
(I know that dispute can be written as conflict)

'about working with female left one in front of court' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'with female left one in front of' becomes 'flic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'on'+'flic'='onflic'
'onflic' put inside 'ct' is 'CONFLICT'.

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(Other definitions for conflict that I've seen before include "Strife and struggle" , "Disagreement, clash" , "Fracas" , "Clash, discord" , "A battle or struggle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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