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Hullaballoo in opium den, man recollected (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pandemonium

'hullaballoo' is the definition.
(both can mean a chaotic situation)

'opium den man recollected' is the wordplay.
'recollected' indicates an anagram.
'opium'+'den'+'man'='opiumdenman'
'opiumdenman' anagrammed gives 'PANDEMONIUM'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pandemonium that I've seen before include "State of chaos" , "Bedlam" , "Chaos and confusion" , "mayhem" , "havoc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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