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A grey made brighter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gayer

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'brighter' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are comparative adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'a grey made' is the wordplay.
'made' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'grey'='agrey'
'agrey' with letters rearranged gives 'GAYER'.

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(Other definitions for gayer that I've seen before include "More colourful" , "merrier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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