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Tidy as the admin room at the barracks (7)

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orderly

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'tidy' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for orderly that I've seen before include "Hospital or military attendant" , "Businesslike" , "Hospital attendant; well behaved" , "Well-behaved -- soldier attending to a superior officer" , "Neat, tidy; soldier" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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