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Bungle is beginning to develop in a little while (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misdo

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'bungle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'beginning to develop in a little while' is the wordplay.
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a little while' becomes 'miso' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'develop' is 'd'.
'd' going into 'miso' is 'MISDO'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for misdo that I've seen before include "Perform improperly" , "Perform wrongly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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