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Ordered, fine and tidy spot (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

identify

'spot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ordered fine and tidy' is the wordplay.
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'fine' after 'tidy' is 'tidyfine'.
'tidyfine' anagrammed gives 'IDENTIFY'.

(Other definitions for identify that I've seen before include "Establish who a person is" , "Empathise" , "Pinpoint" , "Pick out" , "Recognise, put name to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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