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Manage to get winning approach (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

run up

'approach' is the definition.
(run-up is a kind of approach)

'manage to get winning' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'run' (I've seen this before**).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'winning' becomes 'up' (I've seen this in other clues).
'run'+'up'='RUN-UP'

(Other definitions for run up that I've seen before include "Approach -- preliminaries" , "Period of preparation" , "Raise the standard" , "Illingworth had a short one" , "Deliveryman's approach" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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