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Figure straddling single bed is poison (8)

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I believe the answer is:

nicotine

'is poison' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'figure straddling single bed' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'nine' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'straddling' indicates putting letters inside (straddle can mean to lie on both sides of).
'single' becomes 'i' (one).
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
'i'+'cot'='icot'
'nine' enclosing 'icot' is 'NICOTINE'.

(Other definitions for nicotine that I've seen before include "Poison not in ice" , "Tobacco alkaloid" , "Toxic substance in tobacco" , "Drug often smoked" , "Drug in tobacco" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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