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Live wire round pole? One's had it! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

goner

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'it' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'live wire round pole? one's' is the wordplay.
'live wire round' becomes 'go' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pole?' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for North, as in North Pole).
'one' becomes 'er' (I've seen this in other clues).
'go'+'n'+'er'='GONER'

'had' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for goner that I've seen before include "One doomed to die" , "person about to depart" , "Dead duck" , "No-hoper" , "Article ruined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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