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Head Office ploy to bag golf record creates mess (10)

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I believe the answer is:

hodgepodge

'mess' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'head office ploy to bag golf record' is the wordplay.
'head office' becomes 'ho'.
'ploy' becomes 'dodge' (I've seen this before).
'to bag' is an insertion indicator.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'g'+'ep'='gep'
'dodge' enclosing 'gep' is 'dgepodge'.
'ho'+'dgepodge'='HODGEPODGE'

'creates' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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