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Not one of two or three in disorder (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neither

'not one of two' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'three in disorder' is the wordplay.
'disorder' is an anagram indicator (a disordered version of the letters).
'three'+'in'='threein'
'threein' with letters rearranged gives 'NEITHER'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for neither that I've seen before include "Negative word" , "Not one thing or the other" , "Therein lies not one or the other" , "And not; nor yet" , "Not one of two" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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