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Commotions after this month's orders (12)

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I believe the answer is:

instructions

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

'commotions after this month's' is the wordplay.
'commotions' becomes 'ructions' ('ruction' can be a synonym of 'commotion').
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'this month' becomes 'inst' (letter-writing abbreviation for this month).
'ructions' put after 'inst' is 'INSTRUCTIONS'.

(Other definitions for instructions that I've seen before include "Directions; commands" , "Directions, orders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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