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Exaggerate unusually daring gaze (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggrandize

'exaggerate' is the definition.
(aggrandizing is a kind of exaggerating)

'unusually daring gaze' is the wordplay.
'unusually' indicates an anagram.
'daring'+'gaze'='daringgaze'
'daringgaze' with letters rearranged gives 'AGGRANDIZE'.

(Another definition for aggrandize that I've seen is " Exaggerate".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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