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Perpetually parting adjacent states the other way? (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

vice versa

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'the other way?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'perpetually parting adjacent states' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'perpetually' could be 'ever' (I've seen this before) and 'ever' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for vice versa that I've seen before include "With the order reversed" , "The other way around" , "back to front" , "The opposite (also applies)" , "otherwise" .)

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