Awfully cute Irish way to learn (9)

I believe the answer is:

heuristic

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'way to learn' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'awfully cute irish' is the wordplay.
'awfully' is an anagram indicator.
'cute'+'irish'='cuteirish'
'cuteirish' is an anagram of 'HEURISTIC'.

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(Other definitions for heuristic that I've seen before include "classroom style?" , "Helping one to discover for oneself" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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