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Nude sadly ordered to leave area at once (8)

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I believe the answer is:

suddenly

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'at once' is the definition.

'nude sadly ordered to leave area' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'area' could be 'den' (den is a kind of area) and 'den' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for suddenly that I've seen before include "Unexpectedly, abruptly" , "Quickly, unexpectedly" , "Quickly and without warning" , "Out of the blue" , "In an unexpected manner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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