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Orders are sent from Asia (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eastern

'from asia' is the definition.
(Asia is in the east)

'orders are sent' is the wordplay.
'orders' indicates anagramming the letters.
'are'+'sent'='aresent'
'aresent' with letters rearranged gives 'EASTERN'.

(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "Earnest (anag.)" , "See 11" , "Could be Chinese" , "from afar" , "towards daybreak?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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