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He ensures he has a nap standing up! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teaser

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'ensures he has a nap standing up' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ase' and 'ase' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for teaser that I've seen before include "One who irritates playfully" , "inducement" , "Tricky question; intriguing preliminary advert" , "one using a backcomb" , "Difficult question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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