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Attack in gorges as ordered (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggression

'attack' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Unprovoked attack' mean 'aggression' so perhaps 'attack' could also mean 'aggression')

'in gorges as ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'gorges'+'as'='ingorgesas'
'ingorgesas' is an anagram of 'AGGRESSION'.

(Other definitions for aggression that I've seen before include "Act of hostility" , "What eleven Ac displays" , "Hostile action" , "Act of aggression,physical force" , "Use of armed force" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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