Related Clues:

• Busily engaged
• More than bickering
• On task
• Attacking the task
• A bird is busy
• A barber's in conflict
• In conflict, notices fox is caught
• A nasty barber's quarrelling
• Reversal at start of affair after figure is struggling
• A barber's not gelling
• A barber's having a disagreement
• Disagreeing 38 letters will include two Ds
• Occupied in some way
• In conflict with something
• Occupied (in crime?)