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Manage as copper seen with bird (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cut it

'manage' is the definition.
(to 'cut it' is to manage or cope in a situation)

'copper seen with bird' is the wordplay.
'copper' becomes 'cu' (chemical symbol).
'seen with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird).
'cu'+'tit'='CUT IT'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cut it that I've seen before include "Meet standards" , "downsizing computer department?" , "Succeed" , "met requirements" , "manage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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