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Order cheap clothes child rejected (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diktat

'order' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cheap clothes child rejected' is the wordplay.
'cheap clothes' becomes 'tat' (I've seen this before).
'child' becomes 'kid' (synonyms).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'tat'+'kid'='tatkid'
'tatkid' reversed gives 'DIKTAT'.

(Other definitions for diktat that I've seen before include "arbitrary order" , "Decree imposed from above" , "Undemocratic decree" , "Declaration allowing no opposition" , "imposed order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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