The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FRACAS
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More clues leading to the result FRACAS
- Much of fast car could be used for scrap
- Neckwear twisted after suppressing a disturbance
- Row of motorists following as escorts
- Fight French arbitrators
- Brother’s set about roughly in brawl
- A scarf unravelled, for scrap
- Dispute starts to frustrate regular dispute resolvers
- Fight French industrial relations body
- Stole back to cover a quarrel
- Barney initially astonished to be constricted by revolting boa?
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The straight part
We know that "Dispute" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dispute = fracas.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FRACAS mean?
FRACAS noun- A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.