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Fights to finish or to drive out soliciting? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shootouts

'fights to finish' is the definition.
(a shootout is a fight to the finish)

'to drive out soliciting?' is the wordplay.
'to drive out' becomes 'shoo' (shooing is a kind of driving out).
'soliciting?' becomes 'touts' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shoo'+'touts'='SHOOTOUTS'

'or' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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