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Household deity finishes quarrel with a right (3)

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I believe the answer is:

lar

'household deity' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'finishes quarrel with a right' is the wordplay.
'finishes' indicates one should take the final letters (I've seen 'finish' mean this).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a right' becomes 'ar' (I've seen this in other clues).
The last letter of 'quarrel' is 'l'.
'l'+'ar'='LAR'

(Other definitions for lar that I've seen before include "statue of a god" , "Roman household god" , "Libya" , "What's supposed to protect the house" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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