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Study in guesthouse, say, to make a living (5-3-6)

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I believe the answer is:

bread-and-butter

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'a living' is the definition.
('bread and butter' can be a synonym of 'living')

'study in guesthouse say' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'read' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'guesthouse' becomes 'bandb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'say' becomes 'utter' (to utter something is to speak or say it).
'read' put within 'bandb' is 'breadandb'.
'breadandb'+'utter'='BREAD-AND-BUTTER'

'to make' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bread-and-butter that I've seen before include "Living" , "standard" , "livelihood" , "Materialistic, practical" , "Basic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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