Arranged seats in place (7)

I believe the answer is:

staines

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'place' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs, they are not in the same form of the verb.

'arranged seats in' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'seats'+'in'='seatsin'
'seatsin' is an anagram of 'STAINES'.

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(Other definitions for staines that I've seen before include "Town SW of Heathrow" , "Surrey town on Thames" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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