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Enlarge freely all over the place (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

general

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'all over the place' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'enlarge freely' is the wordplay.
'freely' indicates an anagram.
'enlarge' with letters rearranged gives 'GENERAL'.

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(Other definitions for general that I've seen before include "Non-specialist - army officer" , "position" , "The senior officer is common and widespread" , "Common - army officer" , "Opposite of private!" .)

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