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Cope with medal and other things involved (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

get along

'cope' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'medal and other things involved' is the wordplay.
'medal' becomes 'gong' (informal term for a medal or prize).
'and other things' becomes 'et al' (I've seen this before).
'involved' indicates putting letters inside.
'gong' placed around 'etal' is 'GET ALONG'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for get along that I've seen before include "Associate harmoniously" , "Given leave" , "Be on good terms" , "Make progress or move on" , "manage to be friendly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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