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Consume with worry when facing judge (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eat up

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'consume' is the definition.
(I know that consume is a kind of eat up)

'worry when facing judge' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'worry' could be 'eat' (something worrying may eat someone up) and 'eat' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eat up that I've seen before include "Finish one's food" , "Exhaust" , "Consume, absorb" , "polish off" , "finish meal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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