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Wherein to laze and live on the dole, initially? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

bed

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'wherein to laze' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'live on the dole initially?' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'initially?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'initially' mean this).
The initial letter of 'dole' is 'd'.
'be'+'d'='BED'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bed that I've seen before include "For sleep and flowers" , "One with flower, sleeper, in" , "Sleeping place" , "Bottom < layer" , "Divan" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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