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Exercise in pushy manipulation builds excitement (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

hypes up

'builds excitement' is the definition.

'exercise in pushy manipulation' is the wordplay.
'exercise' becomes 'pe' (Physical Education).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'manipulation' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'pushy' is an anagram of 'hysup'.
'pe' going within 'hysup' is 'HYPES UP'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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