Put personal pressure on the bench (3)
I believe the answer is:
sat
'put' is the definition.
(both can mean positioned or placed)
'personal pressure on the bench' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sat that I've seen before include "Rested" , "Took a chair" , "nearly half a day" , "Was couch potato" , "Used a chair" .)