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Senseless sort of deer are sequentially coded (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

numbered

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'sequentially coded' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'senseless sort of deer' is the wordplay.
'senseless' becomes 'numb' (I've seen this in another clue).
'sort of' is an anagram indicator.
'deer' is an anagram of 'ered'.
'numb'+'ered'='NUMBERED'

'are' is the link.

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(Other definitions for numbered that I've seen before include "Assigned a numeral" , "If one's days are ........, there's not long to live" , "Designated" , "Counted" , "One whose days are ... has not long to live" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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