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Stalemate in fighting? Sorcerer needed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warlock

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'stalemate' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'fighting? sorcerer needed' is the wordplay.
'fighting?' becomes 'war'.
'sorcerer' becomes 'lock' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'needed' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'war'+'lock'='WARLOCK'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for warlock that I've seen before include "Necromancer" , "Cork law about male witch" , "Magician; Peter ---, composer" , "Male magician - British composer, 1894-1930 - low rack (anag)" , "Charmer" .)

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