Short pause for rest (8)
I believe the answer is:
breather
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">short pause for rest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for breather that I've seen before include "One's probably not dying" , "time off work" , "state" , "Short rest between bouts of exercise" , "A rest from work - rather be thus" .)