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Made trouble, surrounded by the capacity to believe (7)

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I believe the answer is:

created

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'made' is the definition.
('create' can be a synonym of 'make')

'trouble surrounded by the capacity to believe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'creed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for created that I've seen before include "Devised" , "Originated" , "Made, generated" , "Made a fuss" , "Brought into existence" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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