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Technician running riot in Greene (8)

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I believe the answer is:

engineer

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'technician' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'riot in greene' is the wordplay.
'riot' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'greene'='ingreene'
'ingreene' is an anagram of 'ENGINEER'.

'running' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for engineer that I've seen before include "Machine designer, maker or operator" , "Plot" , "Practical technologist" , "Design and build" , "Designer of machines etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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