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Most orderly trial with papers I lodged (7)

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tidiest

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'most orderly' is the definition.
('tidy' is associated in meaning with 'orderly')

'with papers i lodged' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'papers' becomes 'ID' (identification papers).
'lodged' becomes 'test' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'id'+'i'='idi'
'idi' placed inside 'test' is 'TIDIEST'.

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(Other definitions for tidiest that I've seen before include "Neatest" , "Extremely organised" , "smarter than anything" , "optimally arranged" , "most trim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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