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Become weaker and pale, with little energy (4)

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I believe the answer is:

wane

'become weaker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pale with little energy' is the wordplay.
'pale' becomes 'wan' ('wan' can be a synonym of 'pale').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'little' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'energy' is 'e'.
'wan'+'e'='WANE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for wane that I've seen before include "Decline (in influence)" , "Appearing to decrease in size, the moon say" , "Dwindle" , "Get smaller" , "Grow smaller like the moon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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