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Order in a bar through a speaker (5)

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align

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'order' is the definition.
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'in a bar through a speaker' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a bar' becomes 'lg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'through' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters go through the word).
'a' becomes 'an'.
'speaker' becomes 'I' ('I' refers to the person saying it).
'lg' put within 'an' is 'algn'.
'algn' enclosing 'i' is 'ALIGN'.

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(Other definitions for align that I've seen before include "Put in rows" , "Bring into line" , "Come together in agreement" , "Straighten -bring into conformity" , "Place in the right relationship" .)

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