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Told there’s nothing on the road but wild deer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordered

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'told' is the definition.
('order' can be a synonym of 'tell')

'nothing on the road but wild deer' is the wordplay.
'nothing on' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'the road but' becomes 'rd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'deer' anagrammed gives 'ered'.
'o'+'rd'+'ered'='ORDERED'

'there's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ordered that I've seen before include "Called for" , "Requisitioned" , "required" , "Instructed" , "Told" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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