| MUDDLE | Confusion and a mess. (6) |
| ITSALLGREEKTOME | Classic statement of confusion, and a hint about this puzzle |
| ETON | "River-town" in Berkshire whose name is given to a boys' school, a collar, a cropped hairstyle, a game of fives, a jacket and a mess of crushed meringue and strawberries (4) |
| RECTANGLE | Figure that sounds like a ruin and a mess (9) |
| BEDLAM | State of extreme confusion and disorder (6) |
| TUMULT | State of confusion and noise (6) |
| MAYHEM | State of great confusion and disorder (6) |
| MESSES | States of confusion and disorderliness |
| VOLARE | 1958 #1 hit with the lyrics "Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind" |
| WEDNESDAY | It has dawned, yes, in confusion and will again next week, and the week after, and no doubt the week after that as well (9) |
| ETCETERA | And in France create confusion, and the rest (2,6) |
| PANDEMONIUM | Complete and utter confusion and chaos |
| CHAOS | A state of extreme confusion and disorder (5) |
| MESS | A state of confusion and disorderliness (4) |
| SPLINTER | Len trips in confusion and gets a skelf (8) |
| PUTSINORDER | Sorts out the confusion and submits a requisition (4,2,5) |
| FLOUNDER | Act in a way that shows confusion and helplessness (8) |
| RESCINDS | Discerns confusion and withdraws (8) |
| AVOCADO | Fruit husband's abandoned in confusion and fuss |
| HEADOVERHEELS | In great confusion (and in love?) (4,4,5) |
