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How a sale should be organised, all things considered (2,1,5)

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I believe the answer is:

as a whole

'all things considered' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'how a sale should be organised' is the wordplay.
'should be organised' indicates an anagram.
'how'+'a'+'sale'='howasale'
'howasale' with letters rearranged gives 'AS A WHOLE'.

(Other definitions for as a whole that I've seen before include "completely" , "In general" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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