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Severest edict to upset employees in shops (5,10)

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I believe the answer is:

store detectives

'employees in shops' is the definition.

'severest edict to upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'severest'+'edict'+'to'='severestedictto'
'severestedictto' anagrammed gives 'STORE DETECTIVES'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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