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Trade unions less organised for fights (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tussles

'fights' is the definition.
(tussling is a kind of fighting)

'trade unions less organised' is the wordplay.
'trade unions' becomes 'TUs' (abbreviation).
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'less' anagrammed gives 'sles'.
'tus'+'sles'='TUSSLES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tussles that I've seen before include "Scraps" , "Struggles" , "Scuffles, dogfights" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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