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Minor ordered to accompany in swindle (15)

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I believe the answer is:

inconsequential

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'minor' is the definition.
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'ordered to accompany in swindle' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ordered' could be 'sequential' (similar in meaning) and 'sequential' is present in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
'swindle' could be 'con' (con is a kind of swindle) and 'con' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for inconsequential that I've seen before include "Trivial" , "Petty" , "unrelated to the foregoing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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