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Fought about indeed turning hawk-like (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

argus-eyed

'hawk-like' is the definition.
(both can mean vigilant/observant)

'fought about indeed turning' is the wordplay.
'fought' becomes 'argued'.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'indeed' becomes 'yes' (agreeing).
'turning' says the letters should be written backwards.
'yes' in reverse letter order is 'sey'.
'argued' enclosing 'sey' is 'ARGUS-EYED'.

(Another definition for argus-eyed that I've seen is " Keen-sighted".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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