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Did crow start to become dishevelled? (7)

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tangled

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'dishevelled?' is the definition.
('tangle' can be a synonym of 'dishevel')

'did crow start' is the wordplay.
'did' becomes 'led' (leading is a kind of doing).
'crow' becomes 'tang' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'start' says to put letters next to each other.
'led' put after 'tang' is 'TANGLED'.

'to become' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tangled that I've seen before include "Intertwined" , "''Oh what a ... web we weave / when first we practise to deceive'' (Walter Scott)" , "All twisted together" , "Caught" , "Twisted into confused mass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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