Claimed to have been urged to get hold of (9)

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professed

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'claimed' is the definition.
(professing is a kind of claiming)

'been urged to get hold of' is the wordplay.
'been' becomes 'of' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'urged' becomes 'pressed' ('press' can be a synonym of 'urge').
'to get hold of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'of' placed within 'pressed' is 'PROFESSED'.

'to have' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for professed that I've seen is " Claimed".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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