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First of orders signed — sounded like Napoleon? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oinked

'sounded like napoleon?' is the definition.
(Napoleon is a pig in George Orwell's Animal Farm)

'first of orders signed' is the wordplay.
'first of orders' becomes 'o' (1st letter of 'orders').
'signed' becomes 'inked' (inking is a kind of signing).
'o'+'inked'='OINKED'

(Other definitions for oinked that I've seen before include "Made a piglike noise" , "Grunted" , "Sounded like pig pen" , "Made sound like cartoon pig" , "Made noise like cartoon pig" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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