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Disastrous bin fire, put simply (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in brief

'put simply' is the definition.
(described in a simple way)

'disastrous bin fire' is the wordplay.
'disastrous' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bin'+'fire'='binfire'
'binfire' is an anagram of 'IN BRIEF'.

(Other definitions for in brief that I've seen before include "Summing it all up, with just a few words" , "To sum up" , "To summarise or put succinctly" , "Taking just a few words" , "quickly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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