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Go beyond available resources, because of special purpose (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overspend

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'go beyond available resources because of special purpose' is the definition.
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'because of special purpose' is the wordplay.
'because of' becomes 'over' (eg 'he's upset over it').
'special' becomes 'sp' (abbreviation).
'purpose' becomes 'end' (both can mean a goal).
'over'+'sp'+'end'='OVERSPEND'

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(Other definitions for overspend that I've seen before include "Consume too much" , "To run into debt" , "extravagant" , "Use too many resources" , "splurge" .)

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