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Causing unnatural reneging around goal (11)

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I believe the answer is:

engendering

'causing' is the definition.
(engendering is a kind of causing)

'unnatural reneging around goal' is the wordplay.
'unnatural' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'goal' becomes 'end' (synonyms).
'reneging' is an anagram of 'engering'.
'engering' enclosing 'end' is 'ENGENDERING'.

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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