Possible Clues:

• Motley assortment — Afro rag (anag)
• Extreme resistance in the past creating mess
• Artist featured in US film in a mess
• Confused mixture put right in distant past
• Disordered mixture
• Jazzy piece follows considerably old medley
• A long way in the past officer's last to enter that mess
• Banter in game creating confused situation
• Mishmash newspaper found in Portuguese city
• Much ridicule over hotchpotch