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Produce straight lines say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise

'produce' is the definition.
(I know that produce can be written as raise)

'straight lines say' is the wordplay.
'straight lines' becomes 'rays' (I've seen this before).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'rays' sounds like 'RAISE'.

(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Make greater" , "Lift up, bring up" , "Bring up - an increase in pay" , "Cultivate by growing" , "Produce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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