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I ate carp, unfortunately with bad consequences (2,1,5)

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I believe the answer is:

at a price

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'bad consequences' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'i ate carp unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'i'+'ate'+'carp'='iatecarp'
'iatecarp' anagrammed gives 'AT A PRICE'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for at a price that I've seen before include "Involving unwelcome consequences" , "costing quite a bit" , "Not cheaply" .)

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