The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 5 letter word AS USUAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AS USUAL
- Back in Dolgellau, Susannah’s no different from normal
- Typical: USA messed up twice, then left
- Arsenic’s not rare, in the normal course of events
- Normally left Australia and America going west
- Routinely heard to use salsa in composition?
- Write about American city, American America just like you’d expect
- In the customary manner, almost everyone gets behind a small American university
- Temp gets caught going out around America, typically
- In customary way, USA upset, then disrupted, left
- Normal assault course conducted in absence of escort
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The straight part
We know that "in the normal course of events" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in the normal course of events = as usual.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.