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Following a song, have a rest (7)

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liedown

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'a rest' is the definition.
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'following a song have' is the wordplay.
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'a song' becomes 'lied' (type of German song).
'have' becomes 'own' (to have something is to own it).
'lied'+'own' is 'LIEDOWN'.

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