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Judge consumes good books from exchange (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rotate

'exchange' is the definition.
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'judge consumes good books' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging**).
'consumes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'good books' becomes 'ot' (Old Testament).
'rate' placed around 'ot' is 'ROTATE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rotate that I've seen before include "Spin as on axle" , "Go round and round" , "Gyrate" , "Revolve" , "Turn around an axle, swivel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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