Person rode erratically in military formations (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
open orders
'military formations' is the definition.
(open order is a type of military formation)
'person rode erratically' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'rode' is 'orde' which is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'person' is 'openrs' which is present in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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