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Intolerable having no power around Paddington? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unbearable

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'intolerable' is the definition.
(I know that intolerable can be written as unbearable)

'no power around paddington?' is the wordplay.
'no power' becomes 'unable' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'paddington?' becomes 'bear' (Paddington Bear is an example).
'unable' enclosing 'bear' is 'UNBEARABLE'.

'having' is the link.

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(Other definitions for unbearable that I've seen before include "Intolerable" , "Insupportable" , "it's just too much!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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