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Iron edicts, fierce instructions (10)

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I believe the answer is:

directions

'instructions' is the definition.
('direction' can be a synonym of 'instruction')

'iron edicts fierce' is the wordplay.
'fierce' is an anagram indicator.
'iron'+'edicts'='ironedicts'
'ironedicts' with letters rearranged gives 'DIRECTIONS'.

(Other definitions for directions that I've seen before include "News reveals four" , "North, south, east and west?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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