Cryptic crossword clue
What’s got out of bed? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROSE*

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The straight part
We know that "What’s got out of bed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what’s got out of bed = rose*.
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 ROSE* mean?

ROSE* noun
  1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
  2. A flower of the rose plant.
  3. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
  4. Something resembling a rose flower.
  5. The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
  6. A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
  7. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
  8. The base of a light socket.
  9. Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
  10. Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
  11. A graph with only one vertex.
ROSE* verb
  1. To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
  2. To perfume, as with roses.
ROSE* adjective
  1. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.
ROSE* verb
  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
  2. To increase in value or standing.
  3. To begin; to develop.
  4. To go up; to ascend; to climb.
  5. To cause to go up or ascend.
  6. To retire; to give up a siege.
  7. To come; to offer itself.
  8. To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
ROSE* noun
  1. A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.

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