| MESSY | All over the place |
| MESSY | Antonym of 64-Across |
| MESSY | Badly organized |
| MESSY | Chaotic |
| MESSY | Cluttered |
| MESSY | Complicated |
| MESSY | Complicated and unpleasant |
| MESSY | Complicated, as a breakup |
| MESSY | Complicated, as a divorce |
| MESSY | Complicated, as a relationship |
| MESSY | Convoluted |
| MESSY | Difficult to sort out |
| MESSY | Disarrayed |
| MESSY | Disheveled |
| MESSY | Disordered |
| MESSY | Disorderly |
| MESSY | Disorganized |
| MESSY | Disorganized, like an office desk |
| MESSY | Distasteful to a neat freak |
| MESSY | Embarrassing |
| MESSY | Emotionally complex, like a breakup |
| MESSY | Far from organized |
| MESSY | Far from shipshape |
| MESSY | Far from well-kept |
| MESSY | Fraught with complications |
| MESSY | Full of clutter |
| MESSY | Haphazard |
| MESSY | Hard to resolve |
| MESSY | Hard to settle |
| MESSY | Hard to sort out |
| MESSY | Hardly shipshape |
| MESSY | Hardly tidy |
| MESSY | Having entanglements |
| MESSY | Having lots of loose ends |
| MESSY | Highly inconvenient |
| MESSY | In a shambles |
| MESSY | In an untidy state |
| MESSY | In disarray |
| MESSY | In need of Marie Kondo’s help |
| MESSY | In need of a good clean |
| MESSY | In need of cleanup |
| MESSY | In need of neatening |
| MESSY | In need of straightening |
| MESSY | In need of straightening up |
| MESSY | In need of tidying |
| MESSY | In need of tidying up |
| MESSY | In no particular order? |
| MESSY | Jumbled |
| MESSY | Knotty, as a divorce |
| MESSY | Lacking order |
| MESSY | Like Oscar Madison |
| MESSY | Like Oscar Madison's room |
| MESSY | Like Oscar of "The Odd Couple" or "Sesame Street" |
| MESSY | Like a baby with pudding, probably |
| MESSY | Like a bad breakup |
| MESSY | Like a breakup gone bad |
| MESSY | Like a breakup where both people avoid each other for a while afterward, maybe |
| MESSY | Like a child's room, often |
| MESSY | Like a cluttered room |
| MESSY | Like a desk that's a sign of genius, it's said |
| MESSY | Like a dorm room, stereotypically |
| MESSY | Like a drama-filled life |
| MESSY | Like a kindergarten room, often |
| MESSY | Like a pigpen |
| MESSY | Like a pigsty |
| MESSY | Like a room that isn't clean |
| MESSY | Like a roommate who leaves dishes in the sink and socks on the sofa |
| MESSY | Like a slob |
| MESSY | Like a stereotypical teenager's bedroom |
| MESSY | Like a teenager's room, probably |
| MESSY | Like a toddler with finger paints |
| MESSY | Like an untidy person's room |
| MESSY | Like contested divorces |
| MESSY | Like dorm rooms, often |
| MESSY | Like drawn-out divorces |
| MESSY | Like eating a melting ice cream cone |
| MESSY | Like finger painting |
| MESSY | Like many a dorm room |
| MESSY | Like many dorm rooms |
| MESSY | Like many kids' rooms |
| MESSY | Like many teenagers' room (unorganized) |
| MESSY | Like many teenagers' rooms |
| MESSY | Like many teens' bedrooms |
| MESSY | Like rats' nests |
| MESSY | Like slime-making kits |
| MESSY | Like some bad breakups |
| MESSY | Like some breakups |
| MESSY | Like some breakups and dorm rooms |
| MESSY | Like some buns |
| MESSY | Like some desks and divorces |
| MESSY | Like some divorces |
| MESSY | Like some dorm rooms and divorces |
| MESSY | Like some hair buns |
| MESSY | Like toddlers eating spaghetti, usually |
| MESSY | Likely to cause drama |
| MESSY | My European ship came in, filthy |
| MESSY | Neat's opposite |
| MESSY | Needing a cleaning |
| MESSY | Needing lots of napkins |
| MESSY | Needing neatening |
| MESSY | Needing straightening |
| MESSY | Needing straightening up |
| MESSY | Needing tidying |
| MESSY | Not at all orderly |
| MESSY | Not at all tidy |
| MESSY | Not easily resolved |
| MESSY | Not exactly prim |
| MESSY | Not in order |
| MESSY | Not neat |
| MESSY | Not orderly |
| MESSY | Not tidy |
| MESSY | Not very neat |
| MESSY | Not well-groomed |
| MESSY | Not well-kept |
| MESSY | Not yet tidied |
| MESSY | Out of order? |
| MESSY | Overly involved |
| MESSY | Piggish |
| MESSY | Piglike |
| MESSY | Poorly organized |
| MESSY | Quite unlike Felix Ungar |
| MESSY | Rancorous, as a divorce |
| MESSY | Rather awkward |
| MESSY | Rather inconvenient |
| MESSY | Ready to be picked up? |
| MESSY | Requiring lots of napkins |
| MESSY | Seriously out of order |
| MESSY | Slipshod |
| MESSY | Sloppy |
| MESSY | Slovenly |
| MESSY | Sordid |
| MESSY | State of children after playing in the mud |
| MESSY | Stylike |
| MESSY | Super untidy |
| MESSY | Tangled |
| MESSY | Tangled up |
| MESSY | Topsy-turvy |
| MESSY | Tough to resolve |
| MESSY | Tough to sort out |
| MESSY | Unkempt |
| MESSY | Unlike Marie Kondo's home, presumably |
| MESSY | Unlike houses that have been professionally staged |
| MESSY | Unpleasant |
| MESSY | Untidy |
| MESSY | Untidy, as a room |
| MESSY | Untidy, disarranged |