Uses up (8)
'uses up' is the definition.
('spend' can be a synonym of 'use up')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for spends that I've seen before include "Uses money or passes time" , "Pays money or passes time" , "Disburses, does not save" , "Lays out (money)" , "drains" .)
'uses up' is the definition.
('deplete' can be a synonym of 'use up')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for depletes that I've seen before include "Uses up large quantities of" , "Uses up, runs down" .)
'uses up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "corrodes" , "Gets tucked into the cake" , "Ingests" , "worries" , "fare" .)