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Exhausted solicitor accepts rough ride (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

tired out

'exhausted' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'solicitor accepts rough ride' is the wordplay.
'solicitor' becomes 'tout' (I've seen this before**).
'accepts' indicates putting letters inside.
'rough' indicates an anagram.
'ride' anagrammed gives 'ired'.
'tout' placed around 'ired' is 'TIRED OUT'.

(Another definition for tired out that I've seen is " knackered".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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