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Order remark about fellow dunderhead (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

commandment

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'order' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'remark about fellow dunderhead' is the wordplay.
'remark' becomes 'comment' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'fellow dunderhead' becomes 'mand' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'comment' going around 'mand' is 'COMMANDMENT'.

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(Other definitions for commandment that I've seen before include "Order (one of ten)" , "Divine rule" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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