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Purchase method showing masculine neatness, say (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mail order

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'purchase method' is the definition.
'mail-order' can be an answer for 'purchase' (type of purchase). I am unsure of the 'method' bit.

'masculine neatness say' is the wordplay.
'masculine' becomes 'mail' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'neatness say' becomes 'order' (neatness is a kind of order).
'mail'+'order'='MAIL-ORDER'

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mail order that I've seen before include "Buying by post" , "postal application for goods" , "type of catalogue" , "purchased by post" , "Type of purchase" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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