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Untidy dining room at start of year (5)

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I believe the answer is:

messy

'untidy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'dining room at start of year' is the wordplay.
'dining room' becomes 'mess' (mess is a kind of dining room).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'start of year' becomes 'y'.
'mess'+'y'='MESSY'

(Other definitions for messy that I've seen before include "Untidy, dirty" , "Dirty and disorderly" , "Disorganised" .)

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