Crossword Genius

He met extraordinary argument (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theme

'argument' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'he met extraordinary' is the wordplay.
'extraordinary' is an anagram indicator.
'he'+'met'='hemet'
'hemet' with letters rearranged gives 'THEME'.

(Other definitions for theme that I've seen before include "(Writer's) topic" , "notedly subject to variation" , "Topical item" , "Melody on which variations are constructed" , "thing under discussion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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