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Replacing old pot for nowt, he's overjoyed (2,3,2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on top of the world

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'overjoyed' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'replacing old pot for nowt he's' is the wordplay.
'replacing' is an anagram indicator (placing again).
'old'+'pot'+'for'+'nowt'+'he'='oldpotfornowthe'
'oldpotfornowthe' anagrammed gives 'ON TOP OF THE WORLD'.

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(Other definitions for on top of the world that I've seen before include "as a polar bear, but not as a penguin?" , "as a successful North Pole expedition?" , "In seventh heaven" , "Delighted" , "as Hillary once was?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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