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Moans with blemish turning into utter mess (12)

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omnishambles

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'utter mess' is the definition.
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'moans with blemish turning' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'turning' is an anagram indicator.
'moans'+'blemish'='moansblemish'
'moansblemish' anagrammed gives 'OMNISHAMBLES'.

'into' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for omnishambles that I've seen before include "policy disaster" , "State of total confusion" , "Riot in Westminster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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