He and I rested, sadly knocked out? (9)
I believe the answer is:
etherised
'out?' is the definition.
(etherised can mean knocked out with ether)
'he and i rested sadly' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'rested'='irested'
'he' after 'irested' is 'irestedhe'.
'irestedhe' with letters rearranged gives 'ETHERISED'.
'knocked' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
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