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Weary, having been drilled (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bored

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'drilled' is the definition.
('bore' can be a synonym of 'drill')

'weary having been' is the wordplay.
'weary' becomes 'bore' (as a verb).
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'been' becomes 'd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bore'+'d'='BORED'

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(Other definitions for bored that I've seen before include "Fed up, afflicted with ennui" , "Drilled; fed up" , "Brassed off" , "Tired and uninterested" , "Weary and impatient" .)

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