Manage with inadequate means to put together party (6)

I believe the answer is:

makedo

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'manage with inadequate means' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'put together party' is the wordplay.
'put together' becomes 'make' (I've seen this in another clue).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'make'+'do'='MAKEDO'

'to' is the link.

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