Ride the bench (3)
I believe the answer is:
sit
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">ride the bench</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sit that I've seen before include "I sell badly the cotton yarn" , "Pose (for artist)" , "Model" , "as magistrates do" , "(Of bird) stay on nest" .)