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The splits demonstrated by little school miss dancing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

schisms

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'the splits' is the definition.
('schism' can be a synonym of 'split')

'little school miss dancing' is the wordplay.
'little school' becomes 'sch' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'miss' with letters rearranged gives 'isms'.
'sch'+'isms'='SCHISMS'

'demonstrated by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for schisms that I've seen before include "Breaches in the church" , "Breaches in churches" , "Religious disunities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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