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Put personal pressure on the bench (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sat

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'put' is the definition.
(both can mean positioned or placed)

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(Other definitions for sat that I've seen before include "Rested" , "Took a chair" , "nearly half a day" , "Was couch potato" , "Used a chair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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