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Join me as ordered (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seam

'join' is the definition.
(I know that seam is a kind of join)

'me as ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'me'+'as'='meas'
'meas' is an anagram of 'SEAM'.

(Other definitions for seam that I've seen before include "Stratum (of a mineral)" , "Fabric joint" , "A layer of coal in ground" , "Stratum of ore or coal" , "Join - stratum of ore" .)

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