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Orders for this month's disturbances? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instructions

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

'this month's disturbances?' is the wordplay.
'this month' becomes 'inst' (letter-writing abbreviation for this month).
'disturbances?' becomes 'ructions' (ruction is a kind of disturbance).
'inst'+'ructions'='INSTRUCTIONS'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for instructions that I've seen before include "Directions, orders" , "Directions; commands" .)

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