Almost leave it too late to fit in cute trick (3,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
cut it fine
'almost leave it too late' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'fit in cute trick' is the wordplay.
'trick' is an anagram indicator (a tricky version of the letters).
'fit'+'in'+'cute'='fitincute'
'fitincute' with letters rearranged gives 'CUT IT FINE'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cut it fine that I've seen before include "Allow little margin of time, space etc" , "Almost be too late" , "Leave no margin for error" , "Risk not leaving enough margin for error" , "order to salami slicer?" .)