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Couched again, relax with a little toy bear (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

restated

'couched again' is the definition.
(couched in certain terms again)

'relax with a little toy bear' is the wordplay.
'relax' becomes 'rest' (to relax is to have a rest).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little toy bear' becomes 'ted' (short for teddy bear).
'rest'+'a'+'ted'='RESTATED'

(Other definitions for restated that I've seen before include "Iterated" , "Didn't tell us anything new" , "In other words" , "Declared, not for the first time" , "Said again" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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