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The person I scribbled the note to is resting (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reposing

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'is resting' is the definition.
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'the person i scribbled the note' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'person' could be 'rep' (rep is a kind of person) and 'rep' is found in the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
'note' could be 'n' (abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for reposing that I've seen before include "relaxing?" , "Smiling again for the photographer" , "lying" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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