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Is warfare all over for him? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

general

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'is warfare all over for him?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'him?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'him?' could be 'gene' and 'gene' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for general that I've seen before include "Leader" , "Not particular or specific" , "Not specialised or limited" , "position" , "Military commander" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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