Messy situation (5)

I believe the answer is:

snafu

'messy situation' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for snafu that I've seen before include "in a bad state" , "Mess table" , "Bloomer" , "Slangy acronym meaning in total confusion" , "a mess of things" .)

I've seen this clue in the Family Time, the Newsday.com, the Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, the L.A. Times Daily and the Universal.

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