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Putting together of new gable a mess (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assemblage

'putting together' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'new gable a mess' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'gable'+'a'+'mess'='gableamess'
'gableamess' is an anagram of 'ASSEMBLAGE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for assemblage that I've seen before include "collection is made" , "Group" , "congregation" , "Collection (of things or people)" , "Collection, gathering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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