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Woman's command leading to chaos (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disorder

'chaos' is the definition.
(I know that chaos can be written as disorder)

'woman's command leading' is the wordplay.
'woman's' becomes 'di's' (Di is short for Diana).
'command' becomes 'order' (order is a kind of command).
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dis'+'order'='DISORDER'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for disorder that I've seen before include "Disturbance of normal working, as of mind or body" , "Indiscipline" , "Unrest" , "Confused state" , "complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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