Crossword Genius

Here brat disturbed rest (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breather

'rest' is the definition.
(I know that breather is a type of rest)

'here brat disturbed' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates an anagram (the order of letters is disturbed).
'here'+'brat'='herebrat'
'herebrat' with letters rearranged gives 'BREATHER'.

(Other definitions for breather that I've seen before include "Short rest between bouts of exercise" , "Rather be having a rest - inhale" , "state" , "An informal break - inhale and exhale" , "A rest - lung?" .)

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