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Fight using pole (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spar

I believe this is a double definition.

'fight' is the first definition.
(sparring is a kind of fighting)

'pole' is the second definition.
(spar is a kind of pole)

'using' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spar that I've seen before include "Sticks" , "Mineral; plane's wing beam" , "microcrystalline mineral?" , "Box - mineral - rod" , "quarrel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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