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Tendency to break nipper's toy (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

propensity

'tendency' is the definition.
(I know that propensity is a type of tendency)

'break nipper's toy' is the wordplay.
'break' indicates an anagram.
'nippers'+'toy'='nipperstoy'
'nipperstoy' anagrammed gives 'PROPENSITY'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for propensity that I've seen before include "Inclination; tendency" , "Bent" .)

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