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I will need place to rest after Judge scoffed (5)

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I believe the answer is:

jibed

'scoffed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i will need place to rest after judge' is the wordplay.
'will need' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'place to rest' becomes 'bed'.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'judge' becomes 'j'.
'i'+'bed' is 'ibed'.
'ibed' after 'j' is 'JIBED'.

(Another definition for jibed that I've seen is " Scoffed".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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