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Pa can’t somehow snooze for a while (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catnap

'snooze for a while' is the definition.
(to catnap is to take a short sleep)

'pa can't somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'pa'+'cant'='pacant'
'pacant' anagrammed gives 'CATNAP'.

(Other definitions for catnap that I've seen before include "little snooze" , "For a rest" , "Short sleep" , "(Tom's) snooze?" , "Brief time out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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