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Content with half the apples, relaxed (8)

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appeased

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'content' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally define each other.

'with half the apples relaxed' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'half the' indicates taking half.
'relaxed' becomes 'eased' (I've seen this before).
'apples' cut in half is 'app'.
'app'+'eased' is 'APPEASED'.

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(Other definitions for appeased that I've seen before include "Calmed" , "Placated, pacified" , "Conciliated" , "Assuaged, mollified" , "Changed a deep sap and mollified" .)

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