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Ezra’s personal claim comes with “Shut up!” (7)

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impound

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'shut up' is the definition.
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'ezra's personal claim comes with' is the wordplay.
'ezra' becomes 'pound' (Ezra Pound the poet i885-i97m).
'personal claim' becomes 'im' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'comes with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pound' after 'im' is 'IMPOUND'.

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(Other definitions for impound that I've seen before include "Seize and take custody of (items)" , "Seize goods for an infringement of the law" , "Shut up" , "Confiscate" , "appropriate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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