The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 6 letter word AT RANDOM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AT RANDOM
- Fundamental part of nature to pocket money without prior arrangement
- Drama not composed willy-nilly
- Drama not rehearsed without planning
- A dormant drunk in a disorderly state
- In source of cash, nothing supports currency without a plan
- Shoot like this and you’ll probably miss
- Reading joiner gets into scrap by chance
- Foreign money found in scrap by chance
- Casually, drunk don gets into a people-carrier
- Diplomat ran domestic sector without any organisation
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The straight part
We know that "in a disorderly state" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in a disorderly state = at random.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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