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Where one finds badger and duck in fight (3-2)

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I believe the answer is:

set-to

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'fight' is the definition.
(set-to is a kind of fight)

'where one finds badger and duck' is the wordplay.
'where one finds badger' becomes 'sett' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'duck' becomes 'o'.
'sett'+'o'='SET-TO'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for set-to that I've seen before include "Altercation" , "Scrap" , "Ready - fight" , "Brief fight" , "Fight, argument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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