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Engineered, and hence improved (8)

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I believe the answer is:

enhanced

'improved' is the definition.
(enhancing is a kind of improving)

'engineered and hence' is the wordplay.
'engineered' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'and'+'hence'='andhence'
'andhence' anagrammed gives 'ENHANCED'.

(Other definitions for enhanced that I've seen before include "Increased in value or quality" , "And hence? (anag)" , "Improved (upon)" , "Increased number" , "Heightened" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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