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The limit in having no power around Paddington? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unbearable

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'the limit in' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'no power around paddington?' is the wordplay.
'no power' becomes 'unable' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'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 "Insupportable" , "it's just too much!" , "Intolerable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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