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The whole mess I enter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entire

'the whole' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mess i enter' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'enter'='ienter'
'ienter' with letters rearranged gives 'ENTIRE'.

(Other definitions for entire that I've seen before include "in one piece" , "Complete, intact" , "Unharmed - total" , "everything" , "Lure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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