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Go by in order, please (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elapse

'go by' is the definition.
('elapse' can be a synonym of 'go by')

'order please' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates an anagram.
'please' with letters rearranged gives 'ELAPSE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elapse that I've seen before include "'Pass by, as time (6)'" , "Of time, pass by - please" , "Go by - pass away" , "run by" , "pass in silence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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