The way a mister embraces a miss (6)

I believe the answer is:

manner

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'the way' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a mister embraces a miss' is the wordplay.
'a mister' becomes 'Mr' (synonyms).
'embraces' indicates putting letters inside.
'miss' becomes 'nne' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'nne'='anne'
'mr' going around 'anne' is 'MANNER'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for manner that I've seen before include "Bearing - fashion" , "Mode" , "Way in which something is done" , "Fashion, way" , "Way of acting or behaving" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.