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Make do: work on collecting income support (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

improvise

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'make do' is the definition.
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'work on collecting income support' is the wordplay.
'work on' becomes 'improve' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'collecting' is an insertion indicator.
'income support' becomes 'IS' (abbreviation for income support).
'improve' enclosing 'is' is 'IMPROVISE'.

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(Other definitions for improvise that I've seen before include "Create without preparation" , "play by ear" , "Vamp" , "ad lib" , "wing it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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