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Two notes put away following Norway leader's command (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dominate

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'command' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'two notes put away following norway leader's' is the wordplay.
'two notes' can mean two replacements for 'note'.
'note' becomes 'do' (musical note, as in do-re-mi).
'note' becomes 'mi' (as in 'do re mi').
'put' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'away following norway leader's' becomes 'nate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'do'+'mi'+'nate'='DOMINATE'

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(Other definitions for dominate that I've seen before include "Rule" , "Govern" , "Look down on; have control over" , "Admit one in order to be in control" , "Be lord over" .)

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