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Mess is where you'll find the brass? (4)

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muck

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(Other definitions for muck that I've seen before include "brass accompaniment?" , "Wet clay, mire" , "Dirt, manure" , "Farmyard manure" , "(Spread) manure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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