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Bed wetter pees uncontrollably over character behind house (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hosepipe

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'bed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'wetter pees uncontrollably over character behind house' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'character' could be 'pi' (pi is a kind of character) and 'pi' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'pees' is 'sepe' which is within the remaining letters.
'house' could be 'h' and 'h' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for hosepipe that I've seen before include "it will water garden" , "It's used in watering" , "used to water" , "Flexible tube for conveying water" , "gardening aid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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