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Worn out as he taxed us horribly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exhausted

'worn out' is the definition.
(exhausting is a kind of wearing out)

'he taxed us horribly' is the wordplay.
'horribly' indicates an anagram.
'he'+'taxed'+'us'='hetaxedus'
'hetaxedus' anagrammed gives 'EXHAUSTED'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for exhausted that I've seen before include "Dead-beat" , "All in, really tired" , "spent" , "ready for bed" , "Worn out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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