Repairing damaged nightcap (8)
I believe the answer is:
patching
'repairing' is the definition.
(patching is a kind of repairing)
'damaged nightcap' is the wordplay.
'damaged' is an anagram indicator.
'nightcap' is an anagram of 'PATCHING'.
(Other definitions for patching that I've seen before include "Mending" , "Nightcap (anag)" .)
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