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Doing a typical amount of damage given a rag (9)

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I believe the answer is:

averaging

'doing a typical amount' is the definition.
(doing an average amount)

'damage given a rag' is the wordplay.
'damage' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'given'+'a'+'rag'='givenarag'
'givenarag' anagrammed gives 'AVERAGING'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for averaging that I've seen before include "mean to emerge from it" , "Assessing the general quality" , "evening out" , "that has mean results" , "Taking a mean" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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