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Additive can’t manage to perform (5)

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I believe the answer is:

enact

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'perform' is the definition.
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'additive can't manage' is the wordplay.
'additive' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'manage' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'managed' mean this).
'cant' anagrammed gives 'nact'.
'e'+'nact'='ENACT'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for enact that I've seen before include "Present" , "Put into practice" , "Pass into law" , "Play one's part" , "get into law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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