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Disorderly commune securing current praise (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

encomium

'praise' is the definition.
(encomium is a kind of praise)

'disorderly commune securing current' is the wordplay.
'disorderly' is an anagram indicator.
'securing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'commune' with letters rearranged gives 'encomum'.
'encomum' placed around 'i' is 'ENCOMIUM'.

(Other definitions for encomium that I've seen before include "Panegyric" , "Formal expression of praise" , "Eulogy" , "Um, come in for high praise" , "High praise given in speech or writing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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