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Worn out and heartbroken, took a bad turn again (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

threadbare

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'worn out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'took a bad turn again' is the wordplay.
'took' becomes 'thre' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'turn' is an anagram indicator.
'again' becomes 're'.
'bad' with letters rearranged gives 'dba'.
'thre'+'a'+'dba'+'re'='THREADBARE'

'and heartbroken' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for threadbare that I've seen before include "deprived of nap" , "Thin, tattered, worn out" , "Has little nap" , "Well-worn" , "cliche-ridden" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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