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Woman cited inapt arrangement that was not expected (13)

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I believe the answer is:

unanticipated

'not expected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'woman cited inapt arrangement' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'una' ().
'arrangement' indicates an anagram.
'cited'+'inapt'='citedinapt'
'citedinapt' anagrammed gives 'nticipated'.
'una'+'nticipated'='UNANTICIPATED'

'that was' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for unanticipated that I've seen before include "Not foreseen" , "Not expected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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