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“Wrongly spell Dorian,” editor ordered (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ordained

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'ordered' is the definition.
('ordain' can be a synonym of 'order')

'wrongly spell dorian editor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'dorian' is 'ordain' which is located in the answer.
'editor' could be 'ed' and 'ed' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ordained that I've seen before include "Conferred holy orders on" , "Elevated to the priesthood" , "Appointed to a clerical post" , "Laid down the law" , "Like a priest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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