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Requested nothing, and not a German article (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on order

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'requested' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'nothing and not a german article' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'and not' becomes 'nor' ('nor' means 'and also not').
'a german article' becomes 'der' (definite article in German).
'o'+'nor'+'der'='ON ORDER'

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(Another definition for on order that I've seen is " Awaiting delivery".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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