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Rod and Victor in real disarray! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

laver

'rod' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'victor in real disarray' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'disarray' indicates anagramming the letters.
'real' is an anagram of 'laer'.
'v' inserted inside 'laer' is 'LAVER'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for laver that I've seen before include "Edible seaweed" , "Wimbledon champ" , "Tennis player" , "Rod - - (tennis)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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