The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 2 letter word LYING IN
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More clues leading to the result LYING IN
- Staying in bed later than usual, telling stories at home
- Not up yet, extremely lazy at home with drink
- Small boy ends in trap, not getting out of the sack?
- Telling porkies at home, and not getting up
- Arriving by jet leaving France, being lazy
- Stocking up with booze, say, precluding a being abed late
- Having a baby, but not coming out with the truth?
- Chinese principles taken in by lecturer before drink in extended retirement?
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The straight part
We know that "Staying in bed later than usual" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case staying in bed later than usual = lying in.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LYING IN mean?
LYING IN noun- The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
- A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.
- Of, or relating to childbirth or postpartum confinement