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Make orderly put real nuts in a cup (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

clear up

'make orderly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'real nuts in a cup' is the wordplay.
'nuts' indicates an anagram (nuts can mean crazy).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'real' with letters rearranged gives 'lear'.
'lear' going into 'cup' is 'CLEAR-UP'.

'put' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clear up that I've seen before include "put things in order" , "Get better" , "Straighten out" , "be less untidy" , "Resolve" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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