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Question it - genuine order for shutting up (10)

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I believe the answer is:

quietening

'shutting up' is the definition.
('quieten' can be a synonym of 'shut up')

'question it genuine order' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'q'.
'order' indicates anagramming the letters.
'it'+'genuine'='itgenuine'
'itgenuine' is an anagram of 'uietening'.
'q'+'uietening'='QUIETENING'

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for quietening that I've seen is " Losing passion".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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