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This could resolve the conflict in newly established community (10)

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I believe the answer is:

settlement

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'established community' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'this could resolve the conflict in newly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'resolve' could be 'settle' (settling is a kind of resolving) and 'settle' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'men' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for settlement that I've seen before include "deal" , "ruling" , "Colony - discharge of debt" , "charge paid off with this" , "Hamlet - conclusion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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