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Ignore help and try breaking toenail (2,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go it alone

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'ignore help' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'try breaking toenail' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of try).
'breaking' indicates an anagram.
'toenail' is an anagram of 'italone'.
'go'+'italone'='GO IT ALONE'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for go it alone that I've seen before include "Act independently" , "set up as freelancer" , "Take something on on one's own" , "act unaided" , "Proceed without the help of others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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