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He collated rest and relaxation with ease? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

roget

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'he collated rest and relaxation with ease?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'he collated rest' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Rog'.
'collated rest' becomes 'et' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rog'+'et'='ROGET'

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(Other definitions for roget that I've seen before include "Scholar remembered for his Thesaurus" , "compiler of reference work" , "Thesaurus inventor" , "Item of clothing; confer" , "The man for the synonyms" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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