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Gents in car crash hybridized? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

transgenic

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'hybridized?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can occasionally mean the same thing.

'gents in car crash' is the wordplay.
'crash' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gents'+'in'+'car'='gentsincar'
'gentsincar' anagrammed gives 'TRANSGENIC'.

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(Another definition for transgenic that I've seen is " Containing DNA from a different organism".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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