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Exuberant fool threw pot Don repaired (2,3,2,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

on top of the world

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'exuberant' is the definition.
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'fool threw pot don repaired' is the wordplay.
'repaired' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fool'+'threw'+'pot'+'don'='foolthrewpotdon'
'foolthrewpotdon' is an anagram of 'ON TOP OF THE WORLD'.

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(Other definitions for on top of the world that I've seen before include "happy" , "as Hillary once was?" , "In seventh heaven" , "Delighted" , "as a successful North Pole expedition?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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