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On poor advice, at wit’s end, perhaps (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

activated

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'on poor' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'advice at wit's end perhaps' is the wordplay.
'end' says to take the final letters.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
The final letter of 'wit' is 't'.
'advice'+'at'+'t'='adviceatt'
'adviceatt' with letters rearranged gives 'ACTIVATED'.

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(Other definitions for activated that I've seen before include "Made operative" , "Turned on" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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