The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 2 plus 5 letter word AS IT COMES
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result AS IT COMES
- A funny programme and last parts of The Professionals, in no set order
- Friends, perhaps, in the main revolting, however
- Showing no special preference, not land up catching show
- Unadulterated, funny show in the main sent up
- In usual way, sitting in sofa, sitcom essential
- Friends possibly drowned in rough sea anyhow
- Friends, maybe, trapped by rising water any way
- Friends say water’s rising all around in the usual way
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The straight part
We know that "Unadulterated" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unadulterated = as it comes.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.