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The attitude and the way the cane is twirled (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stance

'the attitude' is the definition.
(stance is a kind of attitude)

'the way the cane is twirled' is the wordplay.
'the way' becomes 's' (Compass direction - South).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'is twirled' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'twirling' mean this).
't'+'cane'='tcane'
'tcane' with letters rearranged gives 'tance'.
's'+'tance'='STANCE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for stance that I've seen before include "Position, viewpoint" , "Attitude (of body, mind)" , "Attitude - taken by a golfer?" , "Upright posture" , "Posture, standing position" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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