Northerner ogre hurt to give up ghost (7)

I believe the answer is:

geordie

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'northerner' is the definition.
(term for a person from Tyneside in NE England)

'ogre hurt to give up ghost' is the wordplay.
'hurt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to give up' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'giving up' mean this).
'ghost' becomes 'eid' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'eid' back-to-front is 'die'.
'ogre' is an anagram of 'geor'.
'geor'+'die'='GEORDIE'

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(Other definitions for geordie that I've seen before include "Newcastle-upon-Tyne native" , "One from Newcastle" , "Someone from Newcastle-upon-Tyne" , "Tynesider" , "North-easterner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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