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After Chuck, perhaps Dennis blunders (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bungles

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'dennis blunders' is the definition.
'bungles' can be an answer for 'blunders' ('bungle' can be a synonym of 'blunder'). I'm not sure about the 'dennis' bit.

'after chuck perhaps' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'chuck' becomes 'bung'.
'perhaps' becomes 'les' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bung' next to 'les' is 'BUNGLES'.

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(Another definition for bungles that I've seen is " messes up".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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