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Exerted control about accommod­ation and raised prices again (10)

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I believe the answer is:

reinflated

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'raised prices again' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'exerted control about accommodation' is the wordplay.
'exerted control' becomes 'reined' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'accommodation' becomes 'flat' (type of residence).
'reined' enclosing 'flat' is 'REINFLATED'.

'and' acts as a link.

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