Opinion following tense, confused state (6)
I believe the answer is:
tangle
'state' is the definition.
(tangle is a kind of state)
'opinion following tense confused' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'opinion' could be 'angle' (I've seen this before) and 'angle' is present in the answer.
'tense' could be 't' (grammatical abbreviation) and 't' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tangle that I've seen before include "Confused knot of something" , "Get involved" , "Snarl-up" , "Twist into a confused mass, or informally fight with" , "At glen (anag.)" .)