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Recently allowed back in bed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lately

'recently' is the definition.
('lately' can be a synonym of 'recently')

'allowed back in bed' is the wordplay.
'allowed' becomes 'let' (I've seen this before).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'lay' (I've seen this before).
'let' back-to-front is 'tel'.
'tel' inserted inside 'lay' is 'LATELY'.

(Other definitions for lately that I've seen before include "Not long ago, in recent times" , "Recently" , "Within recent time" , "In the recent past" , "In the last few days" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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