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Team recalled accepting court orders (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edicts

'orders' is the definition.
('edict' can be a synonym of 'order')

'team recalled accepting court' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards.
'accepting' is an insertion indicator.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'side' back-to-front is 'edis'.
'edis' going around 'ct' is 'EDICTS'.

(Other definitions for edicts that I've seen before include "Commands" , "rulings" , "'Decrees, fiats (6)'" , "Official orders and decrees" , "Orders proclaimed by an authority" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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