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Flawed warrant to arrest OJ? A classical conflict (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trojan war

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'a classical conflict' is the definition.
'trojan war' can be an answer for 'conflict' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'a classical' bit.

'flawed warrant to arrest oj?' is the wordplay.
'flawed' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'to arrest' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are arrested or held).
'warrant' is an anagram of 'tranwar'.
'tranwar' enclosing 'oj' is 'TROJAN WAR'.

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(Other definitions for trojan war that I've seen before include "protracted conflict" , "Long battle" , "Ancient conflict" , "dispute of old" , "Conflict recorded by Homer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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