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Where absolutely necessary answer cheers press (2,1,4)

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I believe the answer is:

at a push

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'where absolutely necessary' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'answer cheers press' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (I've seen this in other clues).
'press' becomes 'push' (pushing is a kind of pressing).
'a'+'ta'+'push'='AT A PUSH'

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(Other definitions for at a push that I've seen before include "If a big effort were made - say a shove" , "If really necessary" , "With difficulty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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