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Sweetened as urged, possibly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sugared

'sweetened' is the definition.
(I know that sweetened can be written as sugared)

'as urged possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'as'+'urged'='asurged'
'asurged' with letters rearranged gives 'SUGARED'.

(Other definitions for sugared that I've seen before include "Sweetened" , "Sweetly coated (almond)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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