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Approach in hybridising the quince? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

technique

'approach' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hybridising the quince?' is the wordplay.
'hybridising' indicates an anagram (letters hybridised or mixed up).
'the'+'quince'='thequince'
'thequince' with letters rearranged gives 'TECHNIQUE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for technique that I've seen before include "Practical procedure" , "Way of carrying our a task" , "Skilled procedure or method" , "way of proceeding" , "Way of doing something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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