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Bear in the wild to sleep for months (9)

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I believe the answer is:

hibernate

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'sleep for months' is the definition.
'hibernate' can be an answer for 'sleep' (hibernating is a kind of sleeping). I'm not certain of the 'for months' bit.

'bear in the wild' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'bear'+'in'+'the'='bearinthe'
'bearinthe' with letters rearranged gives 'HIBERNATE'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hibernate that I've seen before include "Of animals, sleep through the winter" , "Sleep durning winter" , "Pass the winter in a dormant state" , "Breathe in to settle down for winter sleep" , "remain inactive for months" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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