The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ENLARGED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ENLARGED
- Blown up grenade left in pieces
- Regal ground, during design, became bigger
- Grand eel, when wriggling, became bigger
- After training, green lad increased in bulk
- Bloated? Stop imbibing fizzy lager
- Puffed-up general transformed Germany
- Elgar’s composed finish is about to be made bigger
- Expanded by serving lager in terminal
- Grenade tossed over line blew up
- Term for one with new fat having consumed extremes of gunge?
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The straight part
We know that "blew up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case blew up = enlarged.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ENLARGED mean?
ENLARGED verb- To make larger.
- To grow larger.
- To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
- To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
- To release; to set at large.
- To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
- To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).