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We've checked our database and believe the answer is EXTENDING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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verb

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

35%13Looking after individuals who are incapable of looking after themselves
noun

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

33%8 Gets bigger and bigger
noun

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

• (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

verb

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

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