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Hi
one way:
=(SUM(A1:A100)-SUM(SMALL(A1:A100,{1,2})))/(COUNTA(A1:A100)-2)

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=AVERAGE(SMALL(A:A,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COUNTA(A:A)-2))))
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Sorry you needed to exclude the smallest 2 entries
Change "small" to "large" so correct formula will be
=AVERAGE(LARGE(A:A,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COUNTA(A:A)-2))))
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