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Organised riot, neat attack (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tear into

'attack' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'organised riot neat' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'riot'+'neat'='riotneat'
'riotneat' with letters rearranged gives 'TEAR INTO'.

(Other definitions for tear into that I've seen before include "handbag" , "Scold furiously" , "Attack verbally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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