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Take order from queen, one maid's ordered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

randomise

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'take order' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'queen one maid's ordered' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ).
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'one'+'maids'='onemaids'
'onemaids' with letters rearranged gives 'andomise'.
'r'+'andomise'='RANDOMISE'

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(Other definitions for randomise that I've seen before include "Haphazardly set up" , "Dire moans (anag.); make unpredictable" , "Mix up" , "set up unsystematically" , "Scrap order" .)

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