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Rules respected? Anaemic affair in store (3,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

law and order

'rules respected?' is the definition.

'anaemic affair in store' is the wordplay.
'anaemic' becomes 'wan' (wan means pale or anaemic).
'affair' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of affair).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'store' becomes 'larder' (I've seen this before).
'wan'+'do'='wando'
'wando' placed inside 'larder' is 'LAW-AND-ORDER'.

(Other definitions for law and order that I've seen before include "Politician's phrase relating to a safe society" , "strong measures to suppress crime" , "civilised behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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