Bar request for bone remedy, probed by American university (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

the usual

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'bar request for bone remedy probed by american university' is the definition.
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'bone remedy probed by american university' is the wordplay.
'bone' becomes 't' (as in a T-bone steak).
'remedy' becomes 'heal' (I've seen this before).
'probed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (probe can mean to poke into something).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'us'+'u'='usu'
'heal' enclosing 'usu' is 'heusual'.
't'+'heusual'='THE USUAL'

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