Way of approaching habitual responses about part of play (7)
I believe the answer is:
tactics
'way of approaching' is the definition.
'tactics' can be an answer for 'way' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'of approaching' bit.
'habitual responses about part of play' is the wordplay.
'habitual responses' becomes 'tics' (tic can mean a usual or habitual response).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'part of play' becomes 'act' (a play is made up of acts).
'tics' going around 'act' is 'TACTICS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tactics that I've seen before include "game plan" , "The means adopted to achieve an end" , "Short-term strategy" , "Art of disposing forces in battle" , "Art of organising battle" .)