Don't leave much time to do the shredding? (3,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
cut it fine
'don't leave much time' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'do the shredding?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'do' could be 'ut' (synonyms) and 'ut' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cut it fine that I've seen before include "Risk not leaving enough margin for error" , "Achieve something at the last possible moment" , "order to salami slicer?" , "Almost be too late" , "leave no room for error" .)