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Invest in road layout (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordain

'invest' is the definition.
(ordaining is a kind of investing)

'in road layout' is the wordplay.
'layout' indicates anagramming the letters (an alternative layout of the letters).
'in'+'road'='inroad'
'inroad' anagrammed gives 'ORDAIN'.

(Other definitions for ordain that I've seen before include "Install as priest" , "Initiate as priest" , "Decree authoritatively" , "Invest with priestly authority" , "Decree or consecrate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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