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Made the best of it - imposed order (9)

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optimised

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'made the best' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'it imposed order' is the wordplay.
'order' is an anagram indicator.
'it'+'imposed'='itimposed'
'itimposed' is an anagram of 'OPTIMISED'.

'of' is the link.

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