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Putting pressure on the alliance, that’s the custom (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

praxis

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'the custom' is the definition.
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'putting pressure on the alliance' is the wordplay.
'putting pressure on' becomes 'pr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the alliance' becomes 'axis' (alliance between two countries).
'pr'+'axis'='PRAXIS'

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for praxis that I've seen before include "Working out of theory" , "Application of theory" , "accepted custom" , "Practice, as distinct from theory, of an art or science" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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