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Exhausted and tense, rest head uneasily (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shattered

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

'tense rest head uneasily' is the wordplay.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'uneasily' indicates an anagram.
't'+'rest'+'head'='tresthead'
'tresthead' is an anagram of 'SHATTERED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for shattered that I've seen before include "Broke into tiny pieces" , "Greatly upset; broken" , "Done in" , "Broken into sharp pieces" , "devastated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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