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Mutually hostile jerks get grand awards (2,7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at daggers drawn

'mutually hostile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'jerks get grand awards' is the wordplay.
'jerks' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'jerk' mean this).
'get'+'grand'+'awards'='getgrandawards'
'getgrandawards' is an anagram of 'AT DAGGERS DRAWN'.

(Other definitions for at daggers drawn that I've seen before include "show of open hostility" , "in hostile state" , "In state of hostility" , "Mutually hostile" , "prepared to fight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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