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Eyes up table, possibly being out to improve appearance? (6,5)

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I believe the answer is:

beauty sleep

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'out to improve appearance?' is the definition.
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'eyes up table possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eyes'+'up'+'table'='eyesuptable'
'eyesuptable' is an anagram of 'BEAUTY-SLEEP'.

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for beauty sleep that I've seen before include "Rest needed to keep one looking young?" , "What we all need at night to look our best" , "to bed early for this" , "Forty winks for those wanting to look good" , "Slumber before midnight" .)

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