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PT Hayes regularly dipped into loaded pickle jars! (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

physical jerks

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'pt hayes regularly dipped into loaded pickle jars' is the definition.
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'hayes regularly dipped into loaded pickle jars' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'dipped into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'loaded' indicates an anagram (loaded can mean drunk).
The alternating letters of 'hayes' are 'hys'.
'pickle'+'jars'='picklejars'
'picklejars' is an anagram of 'picaljerks'.
'hys' inserted within 'picaljerks' is 'PHYSICAL JERKS'.

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(Other definitions for physical jerks that I've seen before include "Training" , "part of fitness programme" , "Energetic exercises" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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