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Method dour creep deployed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

procedure

'method' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dour creep deployed' is the wordplay.
'deployed' indicates an anagram.
'dour'+'creep'='dourcreep'
'dourcreep' with letters rearranged gives 'PROCEDURE'.

(Other definitions for procedure that I've seen before include "Routine" , "Action taken" , "sequence of actions" , "Set sequence of events to achieve a result" , "Established way of doing something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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