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Finished fatigued and strapped for cash? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

overdrawn

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'strapped for cash?' is the definition.
(as in having an overdrawn bank account)

'finished fatigued and' is the wordplay.
'finished' becomes 'over' (similar in meaning).
'fatigued' becomes 'draw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'over'+'draw'+'n'='OVERDRAWN'

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(Other definitions for overdrawn that I've seen before include "account discredited" , "venturing into red" , "Using too much crayon" , "having incurred obligations" , "bust?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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