The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 plus 3 plus 5 letter word ALL OVER THE PLACE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ALL OVER THE PLACE
- Everywhere is very disorganised
- Confused boyfriend heading for town chapel, fuddled, in drink
- Chaotic finished article on location
- Anagram indicator that’s easily found?
- Everywhere in disarray
- Clove her patella like this when disorientated?
- Teach Latin lover lap-dancing with kind of number that’s chaotic
- A Latin partner with cheap let sadly in a big mess?
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The straight part
We know that "Everywhere/very disorganised" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case everywhere/very disorganised = all over the place.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.