Is his military career all over? (7)

I believe the answer is:

general

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'is his military career all over?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for general that I've seen before include "blanket" , "Enlarge (anag.)" , "Army rank" , "Military commander" , "Popular" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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