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Pity about California -- it's to be expected (7)

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I believe the answer is:

typical

'to be expected' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pity about california' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'california' becomes 'cal' (short for California).
'pity' anagrammed gives 'typi'.
'typi'+'cal'='TYPICAL'

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for typical that I've seen before include "Representitive, quintessential" , "Exhibiting the characteristics that identify a category" , "routine" , "Clay pit (anag)" , "Archetypal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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