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Fabric imposing huge weight on bed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cotton

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'fabric' is the definition.
(I know that cotton is a type of fabric)

'weight on bed' is the wordplay.
'weight' becomes 'ton' (unit of weight).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'ton' put after 'cot' is 'COTTON'.

'imposing huge' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for cotton that I've seen before include "Fabric woven from plant fibres" , "Fabric (of natural fibre)" , "Natural textile fibre" , "Source of cloth" , "Golfing man" .)

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