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Door half-centred initially in Corinthian order of architecture (5)

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I believe the answer is:

doric

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'order of architecture' is the definition.
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'door half-centred initially in corinthian' is the wordplay.
'half' means to take half the letters.
'centred initially in corinthian' becomes 'ric' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'door' halved is 'do'.
'do'+'ric'='DORIC'

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(Other definitions for doric that I've seen before include "Classical building style" , "One classical order in architecture" , "hairdo tips costly, for the most part" , "Relating to a classical order of architecture" , "Type of classical architecture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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