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General initially enquires about dispute over fuel plant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gasworks

'fuel plant' is the definition.

'general initially enquires about dispute over' is the wordplay.
'general initially' becomes 'g' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'enquires' becomes 'asks' ('ask' can be a synonym of 'enquire').
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'dispute' becomes 'row' (I've seen this before).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'row' back-to-front is 'wor'.
'asks' going around 'wor' is 'asworks'.
'g'+'asworks'='GASWORKS'

(Other definitions for gasworks that I've seen before include "Place for manufacturing fuel" , "Energy supplier" , "Plant generating source of domestic energy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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