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Scene of chaos finally disturbing Sackville-West (5)

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I believe the answer is:

vista

'scene' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'chaos finally disturbing sackville-west' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'disturbing' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters disrupt or disturb the word).
'sackville-west' becomes 'Vita' (author Vita Sackville-West is an example).
The last letter of 'chaos' is 's'.
's' inserted within 'vita' is 'VISTA'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for vista that I've seen before include "A view as seen through a long narrow opening" , "Perspective" , "Distant view" , "One gives a long look" , "Panoramic scene" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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