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Hell, now he’s coming round! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hades

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'hell' is the definition.
('Hades' can be a synonym of 'hell')

'now he's coming round' is the wordplay.
'now' becomes 'ad' (I've seen this in other clues).
'he' becomes 'hes' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'coming round' indicates putting letters inside.
'ad' inserted inside 'hes' is 'HADES'.

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(Other definitions for hades that I've seen before include "gloomy place" , "In Greek myth, the Underworld" , "Inferno" , "It's classical hell in the shade" , "The underworld where the souls of the dead live" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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