Its Ref Breaking Up Fighting Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 12, 2023

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Expand?		Letters	Answer	Clue
	99%	6		Exact Match!
	noun • lack of agreement or harmony • bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
	44%	14		Ref's punishment for a player's excessive aggression
	noun • (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)
	26%	7		Fighting fighting
	adjective • Opposed to war, or to a specific war

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Telegraph Cryptic04 Jul 2023	Down 17
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