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Trod warily round fellow who’s asleep (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dormant

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'asleep' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'trod warily round fellow' is the wordplay.
'trod warily' becomes 'dort' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'dort' placed around 'man' is 'DORMANT'.

'who's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dormant that I've seen before include "Comatose" , "Latent" , "Sluggish" , "Temporarily inactive, being mordant" , "asleep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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