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Agreed to manufacture gas-filled bomb (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grenade

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'bomb' is the definition.
(grenade is a kind of bomb)

'agreed to manufacture gas-filled' is the wordplay.
'to manufacture' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gas' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'filled' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'agreed' with letters rearranged gives 'greade'.
'greade' placed around 'n' is 'GRENADE'.

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(Other definitions for grenade that I've seen before include "Hand-thrown bomb" , "Hand-thrown explosive" , "Small hand missile" , "Small explosive device" , "Missile thrown" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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