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A club with disorder on the rise, in shambles (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abattoir

'shambles' is the definition.
(shambles could historically mean a slaughterhouse)

'a club with disorder on the rise' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'bat' (as in sporting equipment).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'disorder' becomes 'riot' (riot is a kind of disorder).
'on the rise' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'riot' written backwards gives 'toir'.
'a'+'bat'+'toir'='ABATTOIR'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for abattoir that I've seen before include "Building used for butchery" , "building where blood is shed" , "[EASY MEAT] half-cut seen here?" , "place providing neat dispatches?" , "scene of slaughter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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