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Row with hot and cold switched round? (4)

Ross

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spat

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'row' is the definition.
(a spat is a disagreement or argument)

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(Other definitions for spat that I've seen before include "Small altercations between Pats" , "Little quarrel - leg wear" , "Old-fashioned legwear" , "Contretemps" , "Quarrel about petty point" .)

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