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Pity -- he nods off in a trance! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hypnotised

'in a trance' is the definition.
('in a trance'->'hypnotized' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'pity he nods off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pity'+'he'+'nods'='pityhenods'
'pityhenods' is an anagram of 'HYPNOTISED'.

(Other definitions for hypnotised that I've seen before include "Put under" , "in a trance!" , "Mesmerised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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