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Endless surly noise to become greater (4)

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I believe the answer is:

grow

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'become greater' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'endless surly noise' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'noise' could be 'row' and 'row' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'g' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for grow that I've seen before include "Become bigger" , "Develop - propagate" , "Multiply" , "Mature" , "Expand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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