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Didn’t economise – too exhausted (9)

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overspent

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(Other definitions for overspent that I've seen before include "Invested too much" , "Beyond budget" , "Bought too much" , "financial crisis" , "broke" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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