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Bring two sides together? To do so will result in happiness for Micawber (4,4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

make ends meet

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'bring two sides together?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'do so will result in happiness for micawber' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'do' could be 'make' (making is a kind of doing) and 'make' is found in the answer.
'result' could be 'end' (I've seen this before) and 'end' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for make ends meet that I've seen before include "stay solvent" , "Just have enough income" , "Have enough money to buy essentials" , "Live within one's income" , "unite extremists" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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