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High gate cost for properties (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cottages

'properties' is the definition.

'high gate cost' is the wordplay.
'high' is an anagram indicator (can mean drunk or on drugs and hence disordered).
'gate'+'cost'='gatecost'
'gatecost' with letters rearranged gives 'COTTAGES'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cottages that I've seen before include "Small single-storeyed dwellings" , "Rural dwellings" , "Small houses in village or countryside" , "Small house in village or countryside" , "Get a cost, oddly, for the small houses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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