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Wizard's job? Putting characters in order (8)

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'order' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'wizard's job? putting characters in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for spelling that I've seen before include "kind of bee?" , "Reciting the letters of a word" , "Relieving" , "Giving a word's letters" , "Taking turn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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