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As a normal pregnancy, minutes from being discovered? (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in utero

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'as a normal pregnancy minutes from being discovered?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'as a normal pregnancy minutes from being discovered?' is the wordplay.
'as' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a normal pregnancy minutes' becomes 'ute' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'being discovered?' says to take the centre (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
The centre of 'from' is 'ro'.
'in'+'ute'+'ro'='IN UTERO'

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(Other definitions for in utero that I've seen before include "Where the foetus is" , "being developed" , "awaiting delivery" , "Before birth - routine (anag)" , "Before birth (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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