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A pay increase to happen (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arise

'happen' is the definition.
(arising is a kind of happening)

'a pay increase' is the wordplay.
'pay increase' becomes 'rise' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'rise'='ARISE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arise that I've seen before include "Crop up" , "Ascend" , "Become apparent" , "Come to light" , "Wake up or get up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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