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Fuss over political party getting tense result in (3,2,2)

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I believe the answer is:

add up to

'result in' is the definition.

'fuss over political party getting tense' is the wordplay.
'fuss' becomes 'ado' (synonyms).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'political party' becomes 'dup' (Democratic Unionist Party).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'dup'+'t'='dupt'
'ado' placed around 'dupt' is 'ADD UP TO'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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