Commanded European to wear gold, diamonds and crimson? (7)
I believe the answer is:
ordered
'commanded' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'european to wear gold diamonds and crimson?' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'to wear' is an insertion indicator (to wear something is to be covered up by it).
'gold diamonds' becomes 'ord' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'crimson?' becomes 'red' (crimson is a kind of red).
'ord'+'red'='ordred'
'e' placed into 'ordred' is 'ORDERED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ordered that I've seen before include "Tidied up" , "Sorted out" , "Issued commands" , "Gave instructions" , "requested" .)