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Raised strips drop off (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleep

'drop off' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'raised strips' is the wordplay.
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards.
'strips' becomes 'peels' (peeling is a kind of stripping).
'peels' back-to-front is 'SLEEP'.

(Other definitions for sleep that I've seen before include "Doze, nap" , "Slumber" , "crash" , "Snooze" , "''... that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care'' (Macbeth)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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