The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SNAPDRAGON
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More clues leading to the result SNAPDRAGON
- Simple game won’t come to an end — I go to bed
- One in bed is game to continue for a while!
- Flower child about to snooze, faced with boring event
- Fury after game, seeing bloomer
- Doddery grandpa gets lad round for a plant
- That's the same monster plant
- Plant boy’s brought round moved grandpa
- Plant's shoot bore old nodules at the top
- Photograph last plant
- Son horsing about with grandpa makes bloomer
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The straight part
We know that "One in bed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one in bed = snapdragon.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SNAPDRAGON mean?
SNAPDRAGON noun- Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
- A game in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; the substance snatched and eaten during the playing of the game; the vessel used for the game.