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Pole raised German article and fought (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparred

'fought' is the definition.
(sparring is a kind of fighting)

'pole raised german article' is the wordplay.
'pole' becomes 'spar' (spar is a kind of pole).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'german article' becomes 'der' (definite article in German).
'der' reversed gives 'red'.
'spar'+'red'='SPARRED'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sparred that I've seen before include "Did train at boxing" , "Boxed; argued" , "Fought" .)

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