2:51, nice phrase, helped get the anagram.
It was intimidating to begin with since it was so large, one thing that actually helped was that
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elton john made me think of closets, which helped clue me in skeleton in the closet. before that I had "on the" instead of "in the"
having things that are related to the the anagram solution can be useful in helping the user get the solution easier.
also, the first clue could also be "common injury in american football" (CTE)