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Excessively red, moving right as required (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

to order

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

'excessively red moving right' is the wordplay.
'excessively' becomes 'too' (to too great a degree).
'moving' indicates an anagram (letters are moved around).
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'red' is an anagram of 'rde'.
'too'+'rde'+'r'='TO ORDER'

(Other definitions for to order that I've seen before include "In fulfilment of an instruction" , "as required" , "In accordance with specification" , "As specified" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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