Rise and dodder about in a muddled state (10)

I believe the answer is:

disordered

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'muddled state' is the definition.
'disordered' can be an answer for 'muddled' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'state' bit.

'rise and dodder about' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'rise' after 'dodder' is 'dodderrise'.
'dodderrise' is an anagram of 'DISORDERED'.

'in a' is the link.

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(Another definition for disordered that I've seen is " Confused, untidy".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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