Criticise spirit with hesitation after current chaos (11)
I believe the answer is:
pandemonium
'chaos' is the definition.
(I know that chaos can be written as pandemonium)
'criticise spirit with hesitation after current' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'criticise' could be 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily) and 'pan' is located in the answer.
'spirit' could be 'demon' (demon is a kind of spirit) and 'demon' is found in the answer.
'hesitation' could be 'um' (um is said in hesitation) and 'um' is found within the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pandemonium that I've seen before include "Tumultuous uproar" , "Chaos and confusion" , "havoc" , "Uproar, wild and noisy confusion" , "State of chaos" .)