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Fight which ends in custody for someone (3-2-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tug-of-love

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'fight which ends in custody for someone' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'fight which ends in custody for someone' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fight' could be 'tug' (tugging is a kind of fighting) and 'tug' is found in the answer.
'someone' could be 'love' (love is a kind of someone) and 'love' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'of' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tug-of-love that I've seen before include "Phrase for dispute over custody of a child" , "Conflict over the custody of a child" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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