Rising from sleep (8)

I believe the answer is:

stirring

(Other definitions for stirring that I've seen before include "Exciting" , "Moving" , "Arousing strong feeling" , "Agitating or rousing" , "causing trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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