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Puff up aged grains after cooking (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggrandise

'puff up' is the definition.

'aged grains after cooking' is the wordplay.
'after cooking' indicates an anagram.
'aged'+'grains'='agedgrains'
'agedgrains' is an anagram of 'AGGRANDISE'.

(Other definitions for aggrandise that I've seen before include "Give promotion to" , "Advance" , "Magnify; increase power of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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