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Place satisfactorily in a set arrangement (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stoke

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'place' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'satisfactorily in a set arrangement' is the wordplay.
'satisfactorily' becomes 'O.K.' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'arrangement' is an anagram indicator.
'set' is an anagram of 'ste'.
'ok' going into 'ste' is 'STOKE'.

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(Other definitions for stoke that I've seen before include "Attend to fire" , "Encourage" , "somewhere in the Potteries?" , "Add fuel to" , "Scene of Gray's country churchyard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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