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United yet divided (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleaved

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This might be a double definition.

'united' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'divided' is the second definition.
(cleaving is a kind of dividing)

'yet' is the link.

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