Ambled awkwardly into chaos (6)
I believe the answer is:
bedlam
'chaos' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'ambled awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'ambled' with letters rearranged gives 'BEDLAM'.
'into' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for bedlam that I've seen before include "Scene of uproar and confusion" , "Blamed for 9 across? (8)" , "Noisy confused state" , "Place of uproar and confusion" , "Blamed for noisy uproar" .)