A governor-general exerted a new order intensified (11)
I believe the answer is:
exaggerated
'intensified' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a governor-general exerted a new order' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'order' could be 'rate' (synonyms) and 'rate' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exaggerated that I've seen before include "Unduly magnified" , "Overdone" , "Unreasonably inflated" , "larger than life" , "Overstated" .)