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Increase of 151 million? Bravo! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

climb

'increase' is the definition.
(I know that climb is a more specific form of the action grow)

'151 million? bravo' is the wordplay.
'151' becomes 'CLI' (Roman numerals).
'million?' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'bravo' becomes 'b' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'cli'+'m'+'b'='CLIMB'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for climb that I've seen before include "Go upwards" , "mountaineer's intent?" , "Get a rise" , "showing the way up" , "What mountaineer does" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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