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New menu inside has to stimulate (7)

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I believe the answer is:

freshen

'to stimulate' is the definition.
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'new menu inside' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'fresh' ('fresh' can be similar in meaning to 'new').
'inside' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'menu' are 'en'.
'fresh'+'en'='FRESHEN'

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for freshen that I've seen before include "(Wind) get stronger" , "Re-invigorate" , "(Of wind) become stronger and colder" , "Grow stronger (wind)" , "Make less stale" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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