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Female visiting dead ace in place of rest? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

sofa

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'place of rest?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'female visiting dead ace' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'visiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dead' becomes 'so' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ace' becomes 'a'.
'so'+'a'='soa'
'f' going into 'soa' is 'SOFA'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sofa that I've seen before include "Living room seat" , "Oafs (anag.)" , "Upholstered seat for two or more" , "Settee" , "Area for sitting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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