14 across
Light
bit
of
rest
in
hospital
bed
rejected
(5)
Light bit of rest in hospital bed rejected (5)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so Light is what we're after, as in the thing you'd carry to see in the dark. Start with H for hospital, then COT for bed, and slip R (just the first bit of "rest") in between to get HCROT — then "rejected" tells you to flip the whole lot round, giving you TORCH.