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Bra in disarray - put in order sharpish (6)

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I believe the answer is:

abrupt

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'sharpish' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
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'bra in disarray put in order' is the wordplay.
'in disarray' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in order' is an anagram indicator (the letters in a new order).
'bra' anagrammed gives 'abr'.
'put' with letters rearranged gives 'upt'.
'abr'+'upt'='ABRUPT'

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(Other definitions for abrupt that I've seen before include "Impolite" , "Curt and brief" , "Sudden, maybe rude" , "Short and brusque" , "Brusque, curt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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