About to give to the newspapers, hold back (7)
I believe the answer is:
repress
'hold back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'about to give to the newspapers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is present in the answer.
'newspapers' could be 'press' (the press is the newspaper industry) and 'press' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for repress that I've seen before include "Put in irons, maybe" , "Curb" , "Keep in subjection" , "Check" , "Subdue" .)