Shabby fur: sides split (8)

I believe the answer is:

fissured

'split' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'shabby fur sides' is the wordplay.
'shabby' indicates an anagram.
'fur'+'sides'='fursides'
'fursides' with letters rearranged gives 'FISSURED'.

(Another definition for fissured that I've seen is " Of rock, split or cracked".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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