Increase rapidly — eg Bruno (anag) (7)

I believe the answer is:

burgeon

(Other definitions for burgeon that I've seen before include "produce sprouts" , "Grow and flourish" , "Grow, rapidly increase" , "sprout" , "swell" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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