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Searched around at home, exhausted (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finished

'exhausted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'searched around at home' is the wordplay.
'searched' becomes 'fished' (fishing is a kind of searching).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'fished' going around 'in' is 'FINISHED'.

(Other definitions for finished that I've seen before include "Brought to an end" , "exhausted" , "Done, over, ended" , "Ended. completed" , "dressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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