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He serves, with heavier heart, to give a tangled tale (5)

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I believe the answer is:

valet

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'he serves' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'heavier heart to give a tangled tale' is the wordplay.
'heart' says to take the centre.
'to give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a tangled' indicates anagramming the letters.
The middle of 'heavier' is 'v'.
'tale' with letters rearranged gives 'alet'.
'v'+'alet'='VALET'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for valet that I've seen before include "Male servant" , "Personal serving man" , "Personal male assistant" , "Man's servant" , "Clean (a car); attendant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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