Cryptic crossword clue
Those resting between the lines? 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SLEEPERS

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Those resting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case those resting = sleepers.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SLEEPERS mean?

SLEEPERS noun
  1. Someone who sleeps.
  2. That which lies dormant, as a law.
  3. A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
  4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
  5. A railway sleeping car.
  6. A sleeper hold.
  7. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
  8. A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
  9. A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
  10. A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
  11. An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
  12. A sedative.
SLEEPERS noun
  1. A railroad tie.
  2. A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
  3. A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
  4. The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

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