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Dress for bed, nearly with teddy's covering (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nighty

'dress for bed' is the definition.
(dress worn in bed)

'nearly with teddy's covering' is the wordplay.
'nearly' becomes 'nigh' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'covering' means to remove the middle letters (the letters which cover the word are used).
'teddy' with its centre taken out is 'ty'.
'nigh'+'ty'='NIGHTY'

(Another definition for nighty that I've seen is " Woman's bed dress".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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