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A desert is in a mess (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinai

'a desert' is the definition.
(I know that Sinai is a desert)

'is in a mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates an anagram.
'is'+'in'+'a'='isina'
'isina' with letters rearranged gives 'SINAI'.

(Other definitions for sinai that I've seen before include "Mount on which Moses received the Ten Commandments" , "Mountainous Egyptian peninsula" , "Deserted area" , "Egyptian location" , "Law handed down here" .)

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