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Struggling oik held in oil covering everybody, probably (2,3,10)

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I believe the answer is:

in all likelihood

'probably' is the definition.
('in all likelihood' can be a synonym of 'probably')

'struggling oik held in oil covering everybody' is the wordplay.
'struggling' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'oik'+'held'+'in'+'oil'='oikheldinoil'
'oikheldinoil' is an anagram of 'inlikelihood'.
'inlikelihood' placed around 'all' is 'IN ALL LIKELIHOOD'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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