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Exhausted swan found in the road (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spent

'exhausted' is the definition.
('spent' can be similar in meaning to 'exhausted')

'swan found in the road' is the wordplay.
'swan' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of swan).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'the road' becomes 'st'.
'pen' going into 'st' is 'SPENT'.

(Other definitions for spent that I've seen before include "Paid out - finished" , "Used up; exhausted" , "Completely exhausted" , "(Of resources) exhausted" , "Worn out having paid out money." .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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