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Troops in conflict for antimatter (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

positron

'antimatter' is the definition.
(I know that positron is a type of antilepton)

'troops in conflict' is the wordplay.
'conflict' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'conflicting' mean this (conflicting can mean confusing or unclear)).
'troops'+'in'='troopsin'
'troopsin' anagrammed gives 'POSITRON'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for positron that I've seen before include "A tiny thing" , "there's a small charge here" , "Charged particle" , "Sub-atomic particle" , "Elementary particle with positive charge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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