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Success with the gate, so get out (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

hit wicket

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'get out' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'success with the gate' is the wordplay.
'success' becomes 'hit' (a hit is a commercial success).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the gate' becomes 'wicket' (wicket is a kind of gate).
'hit'+'wicket'='HIT WICKET'

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hit wicket that I've seen before include "Means to get out" , "thus dismissed" , "getting out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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