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King meeting a judge for contact sport (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

karate

'contact sport' is the definition.
(martial art)

'king meeting a judge' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'k'+'a'+'rate'='KARATE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for karate that I've seen before include "Jap. combat; sort of chop" , "A Jap. martial art" , "Japanese art of unarmed combat" , "method of fighting" , "SPORT/GAME" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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