Amphitrite or Salacia, say, imagine holding back daughters and sons (3,7)
I believe the answer is:
sea goddess
'amphitrite or salacia say' is the definition.
'imagine holding back daughters and sons' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'back' could be 'ago' ('ago' can be a synonym of 'back') and 'ago' is found within the answer.
'daughters' could be 'dd' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'dd' is present in the answer.
'imagine' could be 'see' (seeing is a kind of imagining) and 'see' is found in the remaining letters.
'sons' could be 'ss' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ss' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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