The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EDICTS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EDICTS
- Team upset about court decrees
- Journalist lives to circumvent court injunctions
- Bank upset about court orders
- 9 Orders forecasts to remove spin
- 7 losing case seconds after court orders
- Post office ignored dreadful despotic proclamations
- Orders forecasts, ignoring public relations
- Polishes, accepting corporal’s first orders
- Government orders saint-killing to rise?
- Fiats ordered by Authority
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The straight part
We know that "orders" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case orders = edicts.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does EDICTS mean?
EDICTS noun- A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.