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Having a major struggle to shift a wart (2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

at war

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'having a major struggle' is the definition.
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'shift a wart' is the wordplay.
'shift' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'wart'='awart'
'awart' with letters rearranged gives 'AT WAR'.

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for at war that I've seen is " In conflict".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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