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Develops complex close to Devizes (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elaborates

'develops' is the definition.
(elaborating is a kind of developing)

'complex close to devizes' is the wordplay.
'complex' becomes 'elaborate' (I've seen this before).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'devizes' is 's'.
'elaborate'+'s'='ELABORATES'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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