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Instruction to waken besetting minute little sleeper (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dormouse

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'little sleeper' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
I also know that 'little' relates to this answer.

'instruction to waken besetting minute' is the wordplay.
'instruction' becomes 'do' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to waken' becomes 'rouse' (I've seen this before).
'besetting' is an insertion indicator.
'minute' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'rouse' placed around 'm' is 'rmouse'.
'do'+'rmouse'='DORMOUSE'

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(Other definitions for dormouse that I've seen before include "Small bushy-tailed rodent" , "Alice tea party creature" , "Creature in teapot (Alice)" , "Ditto" , "Small rodent that hibernates in winter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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