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In a tizzy, I get data mixed up (8)

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I believe the answer is:

agitated

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'mixed up' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'in a tizzy i get data' is the wordplay.
'in a tizzy' indicates anagramming the letters (being in a tizzy is being confused).
'i'+'get'+'data'='igetdata'
'igetdata' is an anagram of 'AGITATED'.

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(Other definitions for agitated that I've seen before include "Het up" , "Unsettled" , "Worked up, flustered" , "caused a stir" , "seven [DISTRAUGHT]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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