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Botched areas? DIY, probably (1,4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

i dare say

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

'botched areas? diy' is the wordplay.
'botched' indicates an anagram.
'areas'+'diy'='areasdiy'
'areasdiy' with letters rearranged gives 'I DARE SAY'.

(Other definitions for i dare say that I've seen before include "One would think" , "It's very likely!" , "Quite possibly" , "Maybe" , "It wouldn't surprise me" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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