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There's rising hostility in this quarrel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brawl

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'this quarrel' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Noisy quarrel ' mean 'brawl' so perhaps 'quarrel' could also mean 'brawl')

'there's rising hostility in' is the wordplay.
'there's' becomes 'bl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rising' is a reversal indicator (letters written upwards in a down clue).
'hostility' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of hostility).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'war' in reverse letter order is 'raw'.
'bl' going around 'raw' is 'BRAWL'.

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(Other definitions for brawl that I've seen before include "Abounding" , "Affray" , "Rowdy fight" , "dispute" , "I'd punt for a learned person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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