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Take trouble with exercises (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adopt

'take' is the definition.
(adopting is a kind of taking)

'trouble with exercises' is the wordplay.
'trouble' becomes 'ado' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'exercises' becomes 'pt'.
'ado'+'pt'='ADOPT'

(Other definitions for adopt that I've seen before include "Take into one's family" , "Start to wear" , "Choose as one's own" , "make one's own" , "Acquire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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