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Unremarkable actions helping criminal (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nothing special

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'unremarkable' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'actions helping criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'actions'+'helping'='actionshelping'
'actionshelping' is an anagram of 'NOTHING SPECIAL'.

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(Another definition for nothing special that I've seen is " Ordinary".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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