Worked notice after returning to clear order (9)
I believe the answer is:
direction
'order' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'worked notice after returning to clear' is the wordplay.
'worked' is an anagram indicator.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'to clear' becomes 'rid' (synonyms).
'rid' reversed gives 'dir'.
'notice' is an anagram of 'ection'.
'ection' put after 'dir' is 'DIRECTION'.
(Other definitions for direction that I've seen before include "Administration" , "Guidance" , "Tenor" , "The way in which something is moving" , "Command" .)