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What is smoked by the great man in bed! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cheroot

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'what is smoked by the great' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'man in bed' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'hero' (I have seen 'Courageous man' mean 'hero' so perhaps 'man' could also mean 'hero').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'hero' placed into 'cot' is 'CHEROOT'.

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(Other definitions for cheroot that I've seen before include "smoke" , "Variety of cigar" , "Cigar with ends squarely removed" , "'Cigar, square at both ends (7)'" , "Cigar cut at both ends" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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