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Promote the majority to the extreme (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

furthermost

'the extreme' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'promote the majority' is the wordplay.
'promote' becomes 'further' (furthering is a kind of promoting).
'the majority' becomes 'most' (most of a group).
'further'+'most'='FURTHERMOST'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for furthermost that I've seen before include "extremely remote" , "The greatest distance away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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