Stripped binder to follow one by one (2,6)

I believe the answer is:

in detail

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'one by one' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'stripped binder to follow' is the wordplay.
'stripped' indicates the central letters (outside letters removed).
'to follow' becomes 'tail' (both can mean to chase or pursue).
The central letters of 'binder' are 'inde'.
'inde'+'tail'='IN DETAIL'

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(Other definitions for in detail that I've seen before include "Thoroughly - including all important particulars" , "Item by item" , "fully developed" , "Fully, point by point" , "Where devil is said to be" .)

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

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