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Hot stew taken in by medical orderly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

methodical

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

'hot stew taken in by medical' is the wordplay.
'stew' is an anagram indicator.
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'hot' anagrammed gives 'tho'.
'tho' placed inside 'medical' is 'METHODICAL'.

(Other definitions for methodical that I've seen before include "Systematic" , "Orderly" , "following a set pattern" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Telegraph and The Irish News.
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