Practise in hospital, retire and take it slowly on the journey to one's final resting place (8)
I believe the answer is:
rehearse
'practise' is the definition.
('rehearse' can be a synonym of 'practise')
'hospital retire and take it slowly on the journey to one's final resting place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'hospital' could be 'h' and 'h' is found in the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (recipe is latin for take - r is abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'erse' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rehearse that I've seen before include "Practise play in theatre" , "Practise like actor" , "Practise before a public performance" , "Practise parts" , "Run through (a play)" .)