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Organise letter spread (7)

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arrange

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'organise' is the definition.
(arranging is a kind of organizing)

'letter spread' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'ar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'spread' becomes 'range' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ar'+'range'='ARRANGE'

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(Other definitions for arrange that I've seen before include "Put in order; make plans" , "Plan, organize" , "Bring about or put in order" , "Orchestrate - order" , "Put in systematic order" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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