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Fight expected against school's closure (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duel

'fight' is the definition.
(I know that duel is a type of fight)

'expected against school's closure' is the wordplay.
'expected' becomes 'due' (similar in meaning).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'closure' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter which closes the word).
The last letter of 'school' is 'l'.
'due'+'l'='DUEL'

(Other definitions for duel that I've seen before include "Potentially fatal fight between two people" , "Prearranged fight with deadly weapons between two people" , "Contest between two with deadly weapons" , "Two-person combat" , "Combat between two people in matter of honour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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