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Be deluded, giving order to heal lunatic (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hallucinate

'be deluded' is the definition.
(as in being deluded by a hallucination)

'order to heal lunatic' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates an anagram.
'heal'+'lunatic'='heallunatic'
'heallunatic' anagrammed gives 'HALLUCINATE'.

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hallucinate that I've seen before include "Experience unreal things" , "See things that aren't there" , "See what isn't there" , "Have strange visions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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