Trick that makes life easier (4)

I believe the answer is:

hack

(Other definitions for hack that I've seen before include "Break into computer system" , "Crude cutting" , "Wildly kick; dull writer" , "Chop at hired horse?" , "Drudge, inferior writer" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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