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Mother with poor stature becomes fully developed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maturates

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'becomes fully developed' is the definition.
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'mother with poor stature' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'poor' is an anagram indicator.
'stature' with letters rearranged gives 'turates'.
'ma'+'turates'='MATURATES'

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