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Usually single, concealing a grave problem (2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on average

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

'single concealing a grave problem' is the wordplay.
'single' becomes 'one' (a single thing - only one).
'concealing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'problem' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'grave'='agrave'
'agrave' anagrammed gives 'averag'.
'one' going around 'averag' is 'ON AVERAGE'.

(Other definitions for on average that I've seen before include "typically speaking" , "Generally" , "Usually" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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