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Harangue from old judge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orate

'harangue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'old judge' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'o'+'rate'='ORATE'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for orate that I've seen before include "Speak like Cicero?" , "Hold forth" , "Lecture" , "Make a pompous speech" , "Spout" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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