A good way to attempt to hide a right flipping mess (7)
I believe the answer is:
farrago
'mess' is the definition.
(I have seen 'A mess' mean 'farrago' so perhaps 'mess' could also mean 'farrago')
'a good way to attempt to hide a right flipping' is the wordplay.
'a good way' becomes 'far' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'to hide' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'r'='ar'
'ar' backwards is 'ra'.
'far'+'go'='fargo'
'fargo' enclosing 'ra' is 'FARRAGO'.
(Other definitions for farrago that I've seen before include "Confused medley" , "mess!" , "mix-up" , "A motley hotchpotch of things" , "Confused mixture" .)