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Strangely chaotic after mum makes drink (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macchiato

'drink' is the definition.

'strangely chaotic after mum' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mum' becomes 'ma' ('ma' can be a synonym of 'mum').
'chaotic' anagrammed gives 'cchiato'.
'cchiato' put after 'ma' is 'MACCHIATO'.

'makes' is the link.

(Another definition for macchiato that I've seen is " beverage".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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