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Fans the flames of old lover with super breast naughtily shown (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exacerbates

'fans the flames' is the definition.
(both can mean to make something worse)

'old lover with super breast naughtily shown' is the wordplay.
'old lover' becomes 'ex' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'super' becomes 'ace' (synonyms).
'naughtily shown' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters craftily or naughtily move around).
'breast' with letters rearranged gives 'rbates'.
'ace' inserted within 'rbates' is 'acerbates'.
'ex'+'acerbates'='EXACERBATES'

'of' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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