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Order giving rise to rubbish joke (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diktat

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

'rise to rubbish joke' is the wordplay.
'rise' is a reversal indicator.
'to rubbish' becomes 'tat' (low-quality items or material).
'joke' becomes 'kid' (I've seen this before).
'tat'+'kid'='tatkid'
'tatkid' in reverse letter order is 'DIKTAT'.

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for diktat that I've seen before include "Categorical statement" , "Strict order" , "Order allowing no opposition" , "Dogmatic statement" , "Forceful order that must be obeyed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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