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Briton back on his bed (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scot

'briton' is the definition.
(Scot is a type of Briton)

'back on his bed' is the wordplay.
'back on' says to take the final letters (the letter at the back).
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
The last letter of 'his' is 's'.
's'+'cot'='SCOT'

(Other definitions for scot that I've seen before include "Burns for one" , "levy, once" , "Stevenson was one" , "Northern member of UK" , "Someone from Dundee?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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