Crossword Genius

The anxious eccentric shows fatigue (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exhaustion

'fatigue' is the definition.
(exhaustion is a kind of fatigue)

'the anxious eccentric' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'anxious'='theanxious'
'theanxious' is an anagram of 'EXHAUSTION'.

'shows' acts as a link.

(Another definition for exhaustion that I've seen is " fatigue".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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