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Name the mixture producing marsh-gas (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

methane

'marsh-gas' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'name the mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' indicates anagramming the letters.
'name'+'the'='namethe'
'namethe' anagrammed gives 'METHANE'.

'producing' is the link.

(Other definitions for methane that I've seen before include "contributor to global warming" , "compound" , "Greenhouse gas produced by cows" , "Firedamp" , "Marsh gas - the name (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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