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Increase when a relation, Meg, wanders in (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

augment

'increase' is the definition.
(I know that augment is a more specific form of the action increase)

'a relation meg wanders in' is the wordplay.
'a relation' becomes 'aunt' (aunt is a kind of relation).
'wanders' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'meg' anagrammed gives 'gme'.
'aunt' going around 'gme' is 'AUGMENT'.

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for augment that I've seen before include "Add to, increase" , "Expand" , "Supplement" , "Grow - intensify" , "boost" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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