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Rowers hope to develop measure of strength (10)

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I believe the answer is:

horsepower

'measure of strength' is the definition.
(unit of power)

'rowers hope to develop' is the wordplay.
'to develop' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rowers'+'hope'='rowershope'
'rowershope' with letters rearranged gives 'HORSEPOWER'.

(Other definitions for horsepower that I've seen before include "Unit of power" , "Engine output measure" , "Rep who rose (anag) - equivalent of 745.7 watts" , "Measure of force" , "It's around seven hundred and fifty watts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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