Increases the general's confusion (8)

I believe the answer is:

enlarges

'increases' is the definition.
(enlarging is a kind of increasing)

'general's confusion' is the wordplay.
'confusion' is an anagram indicator.
'generals' with letters rearranged gives 'ENLARGES'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for enlarges that I've seen before include "Generals (anag.)" , "Widens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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