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Heckle slow magician might get in work (2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

do the trick

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(Other definitions for do the trick that I've seen before include "Achieve desired result" , "How to heckle magician" , "as a conjuror is expected to?" , "Achieve the required result" , "succeed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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