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Order it up when you have a meal on the ship (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tidiness

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'order' is the definition.
(I know that tidiness is a type of order)

'have a meal on the ship' is the wordplay.
'have a meal' becomes 'dine' (I've seen this before).
'on' indicates putting letters inside.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'ship' becomes 'iss' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'iss'='tiss'
'dine' put inside 'tiss' is 'TIDINESS'.

'it up when you' is the link.
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(Other definitions for tidiness that I've seen before include "Insisted on neatness." , "Quality of neatness and orderliness" , "sense of order" , "good order" , "Orderly quality" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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