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Tear into two very fit guards (5)

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halve

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'tear' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'very fit guards' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'fit' becomes 'hale' (both can mean healthy).
'guards' indicates putting letters inside.
'v' placed into 'hale' is 'HALVE'.

'into two' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for halve that I've seen before include "Divide into two equal parts" , "split with another" , "Bisect" , "Cut into two equal portions" , "Divide into two equal pieces" .)

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