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Had the rest wrongly spelt (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slept

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'had the rest' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'wrongly spelt' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'spelt' with letters rearranged gives 'SLEPT'.

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(Other definitions for slept that I've seen before include "appeared still" , "Was dormant" , "Napped, dozed" , "Snoozed" , "Had room for" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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