The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DISAGREE
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result DISAGREE
- New ideas about horse almost conflict
- Police eager to resolve conflict
- Compile grid with ease? No way!
- Insult a short environmentalist in conflict
- Decline to enter dreadful English contest
- Drop in crucial point in conflict
- Pervert said lust reduced conflict
- Take a different view from “Greenland is a green land”
- See a grid set out and argue
- Row makes girl fall about — end of love
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The straight part
We know that "conflict" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case conflict = disagree.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DISAGREE mean?
DISAGREE verb- To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
- To fail to conform or correspond with.