Dismissed old fellow leading second eleven to finish exhausted? (3,3,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
run out of steam
'finish exhausted?' is the definition.
(to run out of steam is to become exhausted)
'dismissed old fellow leading second eleven' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'dismissed' could be 'runout' (cricket term) and 'runout' is found within the answer.
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'fellow' could be 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.) and 'f' is found within the answer.
'second' could be 's' (common abbreviation) and 's' is located in the answer.
'eleven' could be 'team' (eleven or XI can mean a football team) and 'team' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for run out of steam that I've seen before include "Lose impetus" , "Lose enthusiasm" , "like Awdry's Thomas?" , "Lack the energy to continue" , "Have no motive force left" .)