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Race leads to winning approach (3-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

run-up

'approach' is the definition.
(I know that run-up is a type of approach)

'race leads to winning' is the wordplay.
'race' becomes 'run' (run is a kind of race).
'leads to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'winning' becomes 'up' (eg being up at half time in football).
'run'+'up'='RUN-UP'

(Other definitions for run-up that I've seen before include "Cricketing approach?" , "Approach - preliminaries" , "Bowler's approach?" , "Preliminary period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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