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Eternal pursuit of the happy ending (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ever after

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

'eternal pursuit' is the wordplay.
'eternal' becomes 'ever' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pursuit' becomes 'after' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ever'+'after'='EVER AFTER'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ever after that I've seen before include "for good?" , "from then on, till the end of time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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