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Cockney announcing glutton’s arrival? It’s a mess (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pigs ear

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'mess' is the definition.
(making a pig's ear of something is making a mess)

'cockney announcing glutton's arrival? it's a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'glutton's' could be 'pigs' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pigs' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pigs ear that I've seen before include "Confusion" , "Napoleon's confidants had?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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