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Growing, as I shamble into the arena (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raising

'growing' is the definition.
('raise' can be a synonym of 'grow')

'as i shamble into the arena' is the wordplay.
'shamble' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'shambles' mean this).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'the arena' becomes 'ring' (eg a boxing ring).
'as'+'i'='asi'
'asi' is an anagram of 'ais'.
'ais' put inside 'ring' is 'RAISING'.

(Other definitions for raising that I've seen before include "Bringing up" , "Elevating" , "Promoting (in rank)" , "Growing" , "Lifting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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