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Suspect tame as hell in spite of everything (3,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all the same

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'spite of everything' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'suspect tame as hell' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'tame'+'as'+'hell'='tameashell'
'tameashell' anagrammed gives 'ALL THE SAME'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for all the same that I've seen before include "Notwithstanding" , "like clones?" , "like peas in a pod?" , "in spite of this" , "even so" .)

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