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Try to get to sleep in nobleman's pile, we hear (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

count sheep

'try to get to sleep' is the definition.
(someone might count sheep to get to sleep)

'nobleman's pile we hear' is the wordplay.
'nobleman's' becomes 'count's' (count is a kind of nobleman).
'pile' becomes 'heap' (synonyms).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'heap' is a homophone of 'heep'.
'counts'+'heep'='COUNT SHEEP'

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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