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Delegate with messy air, disorientated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emissary

'delegate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'with messy air disorientated' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'disorientated' indicates an anagram.
'messy'+'air' is 'messyair'.
'messyair' with letters rearranged gives 'EMISSARY'.

(Other definitions for emissary that I've seen before include "Spy" , "Diplomatic messenger" , "one dispatched officially" , "Delegate" , "Government messenger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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