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Apply (5)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">apply</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(exerting is a kind of applying)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for exert that I've seen before include "Bring into use, say strength" , "Bring into use, apply" , "Bring to bear, perhaps influence" , "Bring into use, strength or influence" , "Bring (force) to bear" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the Universal, The Wall Street Journal and the Evening Standard.
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