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Confirm Aldeburgh about to show chaotic scenes (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bedlam

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'confirm aldeburgh about to show chaotic scenes' is the definition.
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'confirm aldeburgh about to show' is the wordplay.
'to show' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'maldeb' is hidden in the letters of 'confirm aldeburgh'.
'maldeb' backwards is 'BEDLAM'.

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(Other definitions for bedlam that I've seen before include "Place of uproar or madness" , "Blammed for uproar" , "commotion" , "Blamed for confused uproar" , "Noisy confused state" .)

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