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Terrible event, perhaps -- in fact good, strangely (3,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

act of god

'terrible event perhaps' is the definition.
(eg a natural disaster)

'fact good strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fact'+'good'='factgood'
'factgood' anagrammed gives 'ACT OF GOD'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for act of god that I've seen before include "Event outside human control" , "Unforeseeable accident" , "Divine performance" , "Uncontrollable natural event -dictated by deity?" , "naturally a disaster?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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