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Like Eric Clapton, narcoleptic? (8)

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This clue could be a double definition.

'like eric' is the first definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'clapton narcoleptic?' is the second definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

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(Other definitions for anagrams that I've seen before include "Mixed-up words as ragman have it" , "Word jumbles" , "Words with letters transposed to form other words" , "Words made by rearranging the letters of others" , ""Sword" from "words" and "seraph" from "phrase", for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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