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Breaking hand, return to a bit of carpentry (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

mitre joint

'a bit of carpentry' is the definition.

'breaking hand return' is the wordplay.
'breaking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hand' becomes 'mitt' ('mitt' can be a synonym of 'hand').
'return' becomes 'rejoin' ('rejoin' can be a synonym of 'return'**).
'mitt' going around 'rejoin' is 'MITRE-JOINT'.

'to' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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