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Captain Fish, backing scripture, to hold on (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cling to

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'hold on' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'captain fish backing scripture' is the wordplay.
'captain fish' becomes 'cling' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'scripture' becomes 'OT' (Old Testament).
'ot' written backwards gives 'to'.
'cling'+'to'='CLING TO'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for cling to that I've seen is " Grip".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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