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Given strict instructions to be tidy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordered

I believe this is a double definition.

'given strict instructions' is the first definition.
(orders are instructions)

'be tidy' is the second definition.
(in order or organised)

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ordered that I've seen before include "Told" , "Gave instruction, commanded" , "Requisitioned" , "Settled, tidy" , "Regulated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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