Even changing the cover round brightened things up (7)

I believe the answer is:

livened

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'brightened things up' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'even changing the cover round' is the wordplay.
'changing' is an anagram indicator.
'the cover' becomes 'lid' (lid is a kind of cover).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'even' with letters rearranged gives 'vene'.
'vene' inserted inside 'lid' is 'LIVENED'.

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(Other definitions for livened that I've seen before include "Animated" , "made brighter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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