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Walks uncertainly into a scene of chaos (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shambles

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

'walks uncertainly into a scene' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'walks' could be 'ambles' (amble is a kind of walk) and 'ambles' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shambles that I've seen before include "Mediaeval street in York" , "confused situation" , "Slaughterhouse; mess" , "Chaotic place - slaughterhouse" , "Total mess" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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