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How to decode print with tree mixture? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interpret

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'how to decode' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'print with tree mixture?' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'mixture?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'mixture' mean this).
'print'+'tree'='printtree'
'printtree' anagrammed gives 'INTERPRET'.

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(Other definitions for interpret that I've seen before include "Translate, decode" , "Translate or take one's own meaning from" , "Assign one's own meaning to" , "Construe" , "Explain the meaning of - another language?" .)

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