Furious, by ten a.m. I contrived to get though (2,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
in a temper
'get though' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'furious by ten a m i contrived' is the wordplay.
'furious' becomes 'per' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'contrived' is an anagram indicator.
'ten'+'a'+'m'+'i'='tenami'
'tenami' with letters rearranged gives 'inatem'.
'per' after 'inatem' is 'IN A TEMPER'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for in a temper that I've seen is " cross".)