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Sent back carrying broken mojo - it's not unusual for him (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tom jones

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'not unusual for him' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sent back carrying broken mojo' is the wordplay.
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'sent' backwards is 'tnes'.
'mojo' anagrammed gives 'omjo'.
'tnes' placed around 'omjo' is 'TOM JONES'.

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tom jones that I've seen before include "Henry Fielding novel; singer" , "film" , "1749 Henry Fielding novel" , "Book" , "Welsh singer < in German comic opera" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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