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Popular, a couple of lines taken together (2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in all

'taken together' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'popular a couple of lines' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'couple of lines' becomes 'll' (two abbreviations for line).
'in'+'a'+'ll'='IN ALL'

(Other definitions for in all that I've seen before include "without exception" , "Taken as a whole" , "totally" , "Taken together" , "In total" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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