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Agitated bather, out of breath? (6)

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bertha

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'breath?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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'agitated bather' is the wordplay.
'agitated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bather' with letters rearranged gives 'BERTHA'.

'out of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bertha that I've seen before include "big woman?" , "Big girl" , "Big ..., heavy German howitzer in World War 1" , "43-ton German howitzer, Big _____" , "Big - - , WW1 gun" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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