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Destructive policy: a pact must be arranged (11)

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I believe the answer is:

apocalyptic

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'arranged' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'destructive policy a pact' is the wordplay.
'destructive' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'policy'+'a'+'pact'='policyapact'
'policyapact' is an anagram of 'APOCALYPTIC'.

'must be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for apocalyptic that I've seen before include "disastrous" , "threatening disaster" , "Momentous, catastrophic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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