Pot-holder about to exhaust last of incense (7)

Independent Cryptic #12282 | 8 Across | 2026-02-18
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

RE- (=about, regarding) + TIRE (=exhaust) + <incens> E (“last of” means last letter only); as the beneficiary of a pension pot, a retiree could be described as a “pot-holder”!

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