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Reach with thanks into a tin (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attain

'reach' is the definition.
(I know that reach is a kind of attain)

'thanks into a tin' is the wordplay.
'thanks' becomes 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you').
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a'+'tin'='atin'
'ta' going inside 'atin' is 'ATTAIN'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for attain that I've seen before include "Reach (a particular age)" , "Bring off" , "Manage to get" , "Succeed in accomplishing; reach" , "Achieve with effort" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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