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Outstanding report on fight that's endless (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overdue

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

'on fight that's endless' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fight' becomes 'duel' (dueling is a kind of fighting).
'that's endless' means to remove the last letter.
'duel' with its last letter removed is 'due'.
'over'+'due'='OVERDUE'

'report' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for overdue that I've seen before include "Late arriving" , "Not having arrived at the expected time" , "after the time specified" , "Opposite of 1 ac." , "Remaining unpaid after the scheduled time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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