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Grand award gets scrubbed in hostile state (2,7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at daggers drawn

'in hostile state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'grand award gets scrubbed' is the wordplay.
'scrubbed' indicates an anagram.
'grand'+'award'+'gets'='grandawardgets'
'grandawardgets' anagrammed gives 'AT DAGGERS DRAWN'.

(Other definitions for at daggers drawn that I've seen before include "show of open hostility" , "Mutually hostile" , "prepared to fight" , "in hostile state" , "involved in hostilities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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