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Exercise too much in clear wet conditions (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overtrain

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'exercise too much' is the definition.

'clear wet conditions' is the wordplay.
'clear' becomes 'overt' (both can mean apparent or obvious).
'wet conditions' becomes 'rain' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'overt'+'rain'='OVERTRAIN'

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(Other definitions for overtrain that I've seen before include "Spend too much time on exercises" , "Prepare too hard" , "Run past peak, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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