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Spat with Victor on street in Great Depression (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rift valley

'great depression' is the definition.
(large geographical depression)

'spat with victor on street' is the wordplay.
'spat' becomes 'rift' (both can mean a disagreement).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'street' becomes 'alley' (type of small or narrow street).
'rift'+'v'+'alley'='RIFT VALLEY'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for rift valley that I've seen is " Geographical feature".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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