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Account by famous face never-ending, did judge put his foot down? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

accelerated

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'foot down?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'account by famous face never-ending did judge put his' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'account' could be 'acc' and 'acc' is located in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for accelerated that I've seen before include "Speeded up" , "Moved faster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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