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Put to bed at home: got up after this? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tonic

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'put' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'bed at home got up after this?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tonic that I've seen before include "Stimulant" , "It goes with gin" , "do for musicians" , "Quinine drink; keynote" , "that may be mixed with gin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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