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Widespread agitating I’d suffer endlessly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diffuse

'widespread' is the definition.
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'agitating i'd suffer endlessly' is the wordplay.
'agitating' indicates anagramming the letters.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'id'+'suffer'='idsuffer'
'idsuffer' with its final letter taken away is 'idsuffe'.
'idsuffe' is an anagram of 'DIFFUSE'.

(Other definitions for diffuse that I've seen before include "Without concentration" , "Widely spread" , "Radiate; unfocused" , "Spread out, not concentrated" , "Circumlocutory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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