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Made weak payment after space gets drained (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enfeebled

'made weak' is the definition.
(enfeebling is a kind of making weak)

'payment after space gets drained' is the wordplay.
'payment' becomes 'fee' (payment for a job).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'space' becomes 'en' (in printing, a space as wide as a letter 'n').
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'drained' becomes 'bled' (bleeding is a kind of draining).
'fee' put after 'en' is 'enfee'.
'enfee'+'bled'='ENFEEBLED'

(Other definitions for enfeebled that I've seen before include "Weakened" , "Exhausted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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