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Sort Eastern spices out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

species

'sort' is the definition.
(species is a kind of sort)

'eastern spices out' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'e'+'spices'='espices'
'espices' anagrammed gives 'SPECIES'.

(Other definitions for species that I've seen before include "Biological group" , "Category" , "Biological grouping" , "Group of organisms" , "Taxonomic grouping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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