Tending to induce sleep (9)

I believe the answer is:

soporific

(Other definitions for soporific that I've seen before include "Inducing mental lethargy" , "Sedative" , "Inducing drowsiness or sleep" , "Causing sleepiness" , "Sleep-inducing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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