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Ordering a suspect into river (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rio grande

'river' is the definition.
(Rio Grande is an example)

'ordering a suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ordering'+'a'='orderinga'
'orderinga' anagrammed gives 'RIO GRANDE'.

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for rio grande that I've seen before include "Mexico-USA border" , "running water" , "banker" , "Great river bordering USA and Mexico" , "Waterway rising in Colorado" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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