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Chic to a fault, but disordered (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaotic

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

'chic to a fault' is the wordplay.
'fault' indicates an anagram (a faulty spelling).
'chic'+'to'+'a'='chictoa'
'chictoa' is an anagram of 'CHAOTIC'.

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaotic that I've seen before include "All over the place" , "mess" , "in random order" , "Confused, disordered" , "In complete disorder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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