Stoppage nevertheless supports strongly held view (10)
I believe the answer is:
standstill
'stoppage' is the definition.
(standstill is a kind of stoppage)
'nevertheless supports strongly held view' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nevertheless' could be 'still' (synonyms) and 'still' is present in the answer.
'view' could be 'stand' (stand is a kind of view) and 'stand' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for standstill that I've seen before include "arrest" , "complete halt" , "stoppage" , "negation of motion" , "Perhaps jam" .)