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Lawlessness on another front of war zone (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crimea

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'war zone' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lawlessness on another front' is the wordplay.
'lawlessness on' becomes 'crime' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'front' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'another' is 'a'.
'crime'+'a'='CRIMEA'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for crimea that I've seen before include "Disputed Black Sea peninsula" , "Ukraine peninsula, scene of war (1853-6)" , "Peninsula, scene of war 1853-56" , "former battleground" , "'Ukrainian peninsula, site of a 19th-century war (6)'" .)

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