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Requests some fabulous red roses from the east (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orders

'requests' is the definition.
(ordering is a kind of requesting)

'some fabulous red roses from the east' is the wordplay.
'some' says the answer is hidden in the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'from the east' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'sredro' is hidden in the letters of 'fabulous red roses'.
'sredro' backwards is 'ORDERS'.

(Other definitions for orders that I've seen before include "Dictates, commands" , "Commands these priests and nuns?" , "Demands" , "Holy - -" , "Groups living under particular religious rules" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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