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Pecos area developed for advanced industry (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aerospace

'advanced industry' is the definition.
(advanced field or industry)

'pecos area developed' is the wordplay.
'developed' indicates an anagram.
'pecos'+'area'='pecosarea'
'pecosarea' is an anagram of 'AEROSPACE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for aerospace that I've seen before include "The aviation world" , "rocket industry" , "Industry of flight" , "Nasa's speciality" , "zone near Earth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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