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Exaggerate report of eggs condition (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overstate

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'exaggerate' is the definition.
(I know that exaggerate can be written as overstate)

'report of eggs condition' is the wordplay.
'report of eggs' becomes 'over' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'condition' becomes 'state' (I've seen this in another clue).
'over'+'state'='OVERSTATE'

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(Other definitions for overstate that I've seen before include "Exaggerate, make too much of" , "Exaggerate, go beyond bounds of truth" , "lay it on thick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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