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Rig agendas cunningly and increase power (10)

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I believe the answer is:

aggrandise

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'increase power' is the definition.
'aggrandise' can be an answer for 'increase' ('increase'->'aggrandize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise'). I'm not sure about the 'power' bit.

'rig agendas cunningly' is the wordplay.
'cunningly' is an anagram indicator.
'rig'+'agendas'='rigagendas'
'rigagendas' is an anagram of 'AGGRANDISE'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aggrandise that I've seen before include "Magnify; increase power of" , "Advance" , "Give promotion to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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