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Fought over and got custody of the children? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

took issue

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'fought' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how they can define each other.

'and got custody of the children?' is the wordplay.
'and' becomes 'too'.
'got' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'custody of' becomes 'k' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the children?' becomes 'issue' (issue can mean someone's offspring).
'too'+'k'+'issue'='TOOK ISSUE'

'over' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for took issue that I've seen before include "What the Pied Piper did" , "Expressed objection" , "started a dispute" , "Disagreed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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