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Posterior and chest seen, sadly in secret (6,3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

behind the scenes

'in secret' is the definition.

'posterior and chest seen sadly' is the wordplay.
'posterior' becomes 'behind' ('behind' can be a synonym of 'posterior'**).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chest'+'seen'='chestseen'
'chestseen' anagrammed gives 'thescenes'.
'behind'+'thescenes'='BEHIND THE SCENES'

(Other definitions for behind the scenes that I've seen before include "responsible for acts, partly" , "Privately" , "in the private sector" , "backstage" , "Playwright is" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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