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It is what it is (8,7)

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7,8

8,7

'it is what it is' is the definition.
(the word 'it' is a personal pronoun)

'it is what it is' is the wordplay.
'it is' becomes 'personal' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'what it is' becomes 'pronoun' (I've seen this in another clue).
'personal'+'pronoun'='PERSONAL PRONOUN'

(Other definitions for personal pronoun that I've seen before include "us, perhaps" , "We, say" , "Maybe we" .)

I've seen this clue in the Wall Street Journal and The Independent.
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