Contend with getting a girl back from Vienna (3)
I believe the answer is:
vie
'contend with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a girl back from vienna' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'vi' (short for Violet) and 'vi' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vie that I've seen before include "Try to do better than" , "I've got to compete" , "Compete for something" , "Contend for superiority" , "contest" .)