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Im sad - he got more gold than he wanted! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

midas

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'more gold than he wanted' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'im sad he' is the wordplay.
'im sad' can be anagrammed to 'MIDAS'.
But, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'got' is the link.

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(Other definitions for midas that I've seen before include "King of Phrygia who had a golden touch" , "Legendary king who could turn everything to gold" , "Legendary king whose touch turned things to gold" , "Greek mythological king with money-making touch" , "Mythical king who had the power to turn everything to gold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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