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Growth in agenda oddly bearing fruit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

acorned

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'growth in' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'agenda oddly bearing fruit' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'bearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'fruit' becomes 'corn' (corn is a kind of fruit).
The alternating letters of 'agenda' are 'aed'.
'aed' placed around 'corn' is 'ACORNED'.

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(Another definition for acorned that I've seen is " ready to produce more oaks?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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