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Popular comprehensive, for the most part (2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in general

'for the most part' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'popular comprehensive' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'comprehensive' becomes 'general' ('general' can be similar in meaning to 'comprehensive').
'in'+'general'='IN GENERAL'

(Other definitions for in general that I've seen before include "Not particularly" , "by and large" , "Largely" , "Overall" , "More-or-less" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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