The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word ALTERCATION
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More clues leading to the result ALTERCATION
- Row over Atlantic, losing very badly
- Leader of Conservatives blocking change leads to dispute
- Lace into rat involved in quarrel
- Reform disrupted by constant argument
- Change about a hundred for a difference
- Head of coin in change causes heated row
- Rounding first of chairs, change row
- Row of coins originally accepted in change
- Change something positive in row
- Change about to be introduced making for quarrel
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The straight part
We know that "heated row" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case heated row = altercation.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ALTERCATION mean?
ALTERCATION noun- Heated or angry dispute