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Carry out an order to the very end (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obey

'carry out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'order to the very end' is the wordplay.
'order' becomes 'obe' (Order of the British Empire award).
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'end' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'very' is 'y'.
'obe'+'y'='OBEY'

'an' is the link.

(Other definitions for obey that I've seen before include "Do as you're told!" , "Follow orders" , "Act in accordance with (law)" , "Do as ordered" , "Submit to authority" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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