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Getting by with dated tool (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coping saw

'tool' is the definition.
(coping saw is a kind of tool)

'getting by with dated' is the wordplay.
'getting by' becomes 'coping' ('cope' can be a synonym of 'get by').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'dated' becomes 'saw' (see can mean to date romantically).
'coping'+'saw'='COPING-SAW'

(Other definitions for coping saw that I've seen before include "cutter" , "help in cutting corners?" , "Tool" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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