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Manage to get wide view (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wangle

'manage' is the definition.
(I know that manage can be written as wangle)

'get wide view' is the wordplay.
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wide' becomes 'w' (abbreviation e.g. in cricket).
'view' becomes 'angle' (angle is a kind of view).
'w' put next to 'angle' is 'WANGLE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wangle that I've seen before include "Manipulate - falsify (a situation etc)" , "Obtain craftily" , "Deviously obtain" , "Use craft to get" , "Manipulate deviously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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