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Thank you David W
Got it now

poins is first person singular = me

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/poins

Ignore my last two posts

I think "poindre" means "to break"?
I'll look out my French dictionary........ unless Pigale reads this first?

According to Google, "Poins" is a setter of the i cryptic crosswords ...as I'd assumed.

so "poins" in the clue means "me"

Thank you Elle. That confirms my posts were rubbish.
Without knowing the setter, it made no sense to me !

You're welcome, Cerasus!

I've been caught by this usage of the setter's name meaning "me" or "I" or "mine" before....so thought I'd check it out.

Well done !

That's right elle.