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What the average fan does removes uncertainty (6,3,3)

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clears the air

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'what the average fan' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'removes uncertainty' is the wordplay.
'removes' becomes 'clears' (clearing is a kind of removing).
'uncertainty' becomes 'theair' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clears'+'theair'='CLEARS THE AIR'

'does' is the link.

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(Another definition for clears the air that I've seen is " Defuses a tense situation by talking frankly".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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