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Exercise judges and journalists (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bench press

'exercise' is the definition.
(bench press is a kind of exercise)

'judges and journalists' is the wordplay.
'judges' becomes 'bench' (name for a judge's seat, or for judges themselves).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'bench'+'press'='BENCH PRESS'

(Other definitions for bench press that I've seen before include "Weighty exercise" , "lift" , "Show of strength" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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