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Split in religious group that goes both ways? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bisect

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'split in religious group that goes both ways?' is the definition.
'bisect' can be an answer for 'split' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'split in religious group' is the wordplay.
'split in' becomes 'bi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'religious group' becomes 'sect' (I've seen this before).
'bi'+'sect'='BISECT'

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(Other definitions for bisect that I've seen before include "Cut or divide in two" , "Split exactly in two" , "Cut in half" , "Cut in two equal parts" , "Divide into two equal parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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