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Routine combining house and funk

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ho-hum

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'routine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'house and funk' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'funk' becomes 'hum' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ho'+'hum'='HO-HUM'

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(Other definitions for ho-hum that I've seen before include "Nothing special" , "Interjection" , "Exclamation to express resignation or boredom" , "Expression of a yawn or indication of boredom" , "Routine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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