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Involved in marital conflict? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martial

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'involved' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'marital conflict?' is the wordplay.
'conflict?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'conflicting' mean this (conflicting can mean confusing or unclear)).
'marital' anagrammed gives 'MARTIAL'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for martial that I've seen before include "Relating to hostilities" , "Of war or the armed forces" , "relating to soldiers" , "associated with arts and law" , "Relating to war" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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