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Desired to be relieved of pressure, so turned over in bed (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hoed

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'turned over in bed' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how one could define the other.

'desired to be relieved of pressure' is the wordplay.
'desired' becomes 'hoped' ('hope' can be a synonym of 'desire').
'to be relieved of' is a deletion indicator.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'hoped' with 'p' taken out is 'HOED'.

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hoed that I've seen before include "Weeded" , "Tended to soil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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