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Redhead scorns conflict that's based on pure fantasy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

fiction

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'fantasy' is the definition.
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'redhead scorns conflict that's based on pure' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'on' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for fiction that I've seen before include "Literary form" , "Invented story" , "Novel writing" , "Piece of writing from the imagination" , "Fabrication" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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