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Still clutching your right hand or foot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pyrrhic

'foot' is the definition.
(pyrrhic is a kind of foot)

'still clutching your right hand' is the wordplay.
'still' becomes 'pic'.
'clutching' is an insertion indicator.
'your' becomes 'yr'.
'right hand' becomes 'rh' (medical abbreviation).
'yr'+'rh'='yrrh'
'pic' going around 'yrrh' is 'PYRRHIC'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for pyrrhic that I've seen before include "A victory won at such great cost that it's not a triumph" , "(Of victory) where winner's losses are as great as loser's" , "A victory won at too great a cost to the victor" , "This kind of victory is too costly" , "This victory comes at too great a price" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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