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Without knowledge of peacekeepers a conflict heads east (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unaware

'without knowledge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'peacekeepers a conflict heads east' is the wordplay.
'peacekeepers' becomes 'un'.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'heads' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'east' is 'e'.
'un'+'a'+'war'+'e'='UNAWARE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for unaware that I've seen before include "Uninformed" , "Ignorant, oblivious" , "In the dark" , "Not conscious of what is going on" , "Lacking knowledge (of a situation or fact)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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