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Manages to understand both Sun and Times (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gets by

'manages' is the definition.
('get by' can be a synonym of 'manage')

'understand both sun and times' is the wordplay.
'understand' becomes 'get' (getting is a kind of understanding).
'both sun' becomes 's' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'both' bit.).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'times' becomes 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by').
'get'+'s'+'by'='GETS BY'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gets by that I've seen before include "Manages" , "makes do" , "Planet Herschel found" , "copes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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