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Exhausted, having romped in the garden? (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

played out

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'exhausted' is the definition.
(I know that exhausted can be written as played out)

'romped in the garden?' is the wordplay.
'romped' becomes 'played' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in the garden?' becomes 'out' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'played'+'out'='PLAYED-OUT'

'having' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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