Ordered short tip passed on (6)
I believe the answer is:
tidied
'ordered' is the definition.
(tidying is a kind of ordering)
'short tip passed on' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'passed on' becomes 'died' (I've seen this before).
'tip' with its last letter taken away is 'ti'.
'ti'+'died'='TIDIED'
(Other definitions for tidied that I've seen before include "Put things in order" , "straightened" , "Cleared away" , "Cleaned up" , "Given order" .)