Had a nice mixture in Mexican ranch (8)

I believe the answer is:

hacienda

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'mexican ranch' is the definition.
'hacienda' can be an answer for 'ranch' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'mexican' bit.

'had a nice mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' indicates an anagram.
'had'+'a'+'nice'='hadanice'
'hadanice' anagrammed gives 'HACIENDA'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hacienda that I've seen before include "Ranch - large estate" , "Mexican farm estate" , "home overseas" , "Spanish house/estate" , "Large estate with house (Spanish)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.

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