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Everybody hates me for demolishing still (3,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

all the same

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'still' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'everybody hates me for demolishing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'everybody' could be 'all' (all people) and 'all' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'hates' is 'thesa' which is within the answer.
'me' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for all the same that I've seen before include "Not material" , "everyone is in uniform" , "In any event" , "in spite of this" , "like peas in a pod?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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