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Ordered new leader with extra heart? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bidden

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

'new leader with extra heart?' is the wordplay.
'new leader' becomes 'bin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'extra' becomes 'added' (similar in meaning).
'heart?' indicates the central letters (I've seen 'heart of' mean this).
The middle of 'added' is 'dde'.
'bin' enclosing 'dde' is 'BIDDEN'.

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(Other definitions for bidden that I've seen before include "Commanded (to do something)" , "Asked" , "Ordered (to)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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