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Rising war of words in Kent confusing system (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

network

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'system' is the definition.
(network is a kind of system)

'rising war of words in kent confusing' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'war of words' becomes 'row' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'confusing' is an anagram indicator.
'row' back-to-front is 'wor'.
'kent' with letters rearranged gives 'netk'.
'wor' put within 'netk' is 'NETWORK'.

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(Other definitions for network that I've seen before include "To develop business contacts" , "Make business contacts socially" , "Lattice" , "(Eg, railway) system" , "Linked stations" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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