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Throw up after meat, so outwardly chaotic (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shambolic

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'chaotic' is the definition.
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'throw up after meat so outwardly' is the wordplay.
'throw up' becomes 'bol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'meat' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat).
'so' becomes 'sic' ('so' in Latin).
'outwardly' indicates putting letters inside.
'bol' after 'ham' is 'hambol'.
'hambol' put inside 'sic' is 'SHAMBOLIC'.

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(Other definitions for shambolic that I've seen before include "Chaotic, mismanaged" , "all over the place?" , "Informally chaotic and disorganised" , "Chaotic and inefficient" , "all over the shop" .)

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