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Adjusted to the East, leaderless, old-fashioned (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orientated

'adjusted' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'the east leaderless old-fashioned' is the wordplay.
'the east' becomes 'orient' ('orient' can be a synonym of 'east').
'leaderless' means to remove the first letter.
'old fashioned' becomes 'dated' (I've seen this before).
'dated' with its initial letter taken off is 'ated'.
'orient'+'ated'='ORIENTATED'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orientated that I've seen before include "Determined" , "adjusted appropriately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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