Coppers made to go round till exhausted (5)
I believe the answer is:
spent
'exhausted' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'coppers made to go round till' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'coppers' could be 'p' and 'p' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sent' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spent that I've seen before include "(Of resources) exhausted" , "Worn out - after shopping?" , "Worn out having paid out money." , "Drained of energy - or paid out" , "Paid out - finished" .)