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Anyhow, he's not going to pot, so there! (2,3,4)

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on the spot

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'there' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'anyhow he's not going to pot' is the wordplay.
'anyhow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'going to' says to put letters next to each other.
'hes'+'not'='hesnot'
'hesnot' anagrammed gives 'onthes'.
'onthes'+'pot'='ON-THE-SPOT'

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for on the spot that I've seen before include "In a difficult situation?" , "Live" , "without delay" , "Ball for a penalty placed here" , "Like a shot" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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