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In bed here knight not delirious (8)

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I believe the answer is:

coherent

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'not delirious' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'in bed here knight' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
'knight' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation).
'here'+'n'='heren'
'cot' enclosing 'heren' is 'COHERENT'.

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(Other definitions for coherent that I've seen before include "Rational" , "Clear and logical, not confused" , "Meaningful" , "Not rambling in speech or reason" , "Orderly, logical, consistent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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