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Weird has-beens warn of impending doom (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banshees

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'warn of impending doom' is the definition.
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'weird has-beens' is the wordplay.
'weird' is an anagram indicator.
'has'+'beens'='hasbeens'
'hasbeens' with letters rearranged gives 'BANSHEES'.

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(Other definitions for banshees that I've seen before include "Female spirits, they warn of impending death" , "Wailing women of Gaelic myth - kind of has-beens" , "Female Gaelic death-portending spirits - now kind of has-beens" , "Gaelic keening women of myth" , "Mythical Gaelic keening women" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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