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Normally Laura's out with sweetheart (2,1,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

as a rule

'normally' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'laura's out with sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'out with' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'lauras' anagrammed with 'e' can make 'AS A RULE'.

(Other definitions for as a rule that I've seen before include "Mainly" , "none straighter" , "in the main" , "how one might take a calibrated rod" , "In most cases" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sun.
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