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Son's first bed delivered without charge (4-4)

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I believe the answer is:

scot-free

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'without charge' is the definition.
(to get off scot-free is to avoid punishment)

'son's first bed delivered' is the wordplay.
'son's first' becomes 's' (fst letter of 'son').
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'delivered' becomes 'free' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
's'+'cot'+'free'='SCOT-FREE'

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(Other definitions for scot-free that I've seen before include "Without loss or penalty" , "Secret of being unpunished - like Jock?" , "Entirely without penalty or injury" , "See 12" , "Unscathed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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