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Laid out Edward, having grown (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dilated

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'grown' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'laid out edward' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'laid' anagrammed gives 'dila'.
'dila'+'ted'='DILATED'

'having' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dilated that I've seen before include "Made more open/wide" , "like pupils in the dark" , "Distended" , "Spoke at length" , "Enlarged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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