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George's firearm I found in bed (9,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

automatic pilot

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'george's' is the definition.
(George can informally mean a plane's autopilot sys)

'firearm i found in bed' is the wordplay.
'firearm' becomes 'automatic' (automatic is a kind of firearm).
'i found in bed' becomes 'pilot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'automatic'+'pilot'='AUTOMATIC PILOT'

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(Other definitions for automatic pilot that I've seen before include "Device keeping aircraft on course" , "George" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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