Crossword Genius

Do not attend church service when drunk or collection when disorderly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mishmash

'collection when disorderly' is the definition.
(a mishmash is a disordered collection)

'do not attend church service when drunk' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'when' could be 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked') and 'as' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mishmash that I've seen before include "Hotchpotch, melange" , "confusion" , "Jumbled mix" , "muddle?" , "A confused mixture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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