Confused, in a mess (7)
I believe the answer is:
chaotic
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">confused</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(confused can mean chaotic or muddled)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">in a mess</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for chaotic that I've seen before include "Confused, disordered" , "All over the place" , "mess" , "In complete confusion" , "in random order" .)