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During a sale, put in an order for a stripper (6)

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I believe the answer is:

salome

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'stripper' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'during a sale put in an order for a' is the wordplay.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'put in' indicates putting letters inside (instruction to solver).
'an order' becomes 'o' (abbreviation e.g. in British honours OM, OBE etc.).
'for a' becomes 'm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sale' placed around 'o' is 'saloe'.
'saloe' enclosing 'm' is 'SALOME'.

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(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "She danced for the head of John the Baptist" , "Seven veils dance girl" , "Her dancing pleased Herod" , "13 dn for Herod" , "Opera by Richard Strauss" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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