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Time when you can’t work spent in bed? (9,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gardening leave

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'time when you can't work spent' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'in bed?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for gardening leave that I've seen is " enforced break".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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