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Foot the bill for Patrick and you to enter (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pay out

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'patrick and you to enter' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'foot the bill' is the wordplay.
'foot' becomes 'pay' (I've seen this in other clues).
'the bill' becomes 'out' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pay'+'out'='PAY-OUT'

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for pay out that I've seen is " Disbursement of money".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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