They evaluate any salts in a mixture (8)

I believe the answer is:

analysts

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'they evaluate' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'any salts in a mixture' is the wordplay.
'in a mixture' indicates anagramming the letters.
'any'+'salts'='anysalts'
'anysalts' is an anagram of 'ANALYSTS'.

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(Other definitions for analysts that I've seen before include "psychiatrists" , "shrinks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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