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Girl badly upset in quarrel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dispute

'quarrel' is the definition.
('dispute' can be a synonym of 'quarrel')

'girl badly upset in' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'di' (**).
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'upset' is an anagram of 'spute'.
'di' placed into 'spute' is 'DISPUTE'.

(Other definitions for dispute that I've seen before include "conflict" , "Altercation" , "Argue about (something)" , "Quarrel over rights" , "Disagree or challenge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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