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Take another look at judge behind a bout? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reassess

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'take another look at' is the definition.
(to reassess is to look at or evaluate again)

'judge behind a bout?' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'assess' (to assess is to judge or rate).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a bout?' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'assess' after 're' is 'REASSESS'.

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(Other definitions for reassess that I've seen before include "Form new opinion" , "size up again" , "Re-evaluate" , "judge again" , "Rate afresh" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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