Commotions after this month's orders (12)
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" .)