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Hurried back with judge for recount (7)

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I believe the answer is:

narrate

'recount' is the definition.
(I know that recount can be written as narrate)

'hurried back with judge' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'ran' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'ran' back-to-front is 'nar'.
'nar'+'rate'='NARRATE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for narrate that I've seen before include "Chronicle" , "'Recount, tell (7)'" , "Give (film) commentary" , "Give a spoken account" , "Rare ant (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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