Flipping admit it ref, England's holding on to legendary Egyptian (9)
I believe the answer is:
nefertiti
'to legendary egyptian' is the definition.
I know that 'egyptian' relates to this answer.
'flipping admit it ref england's holding' is the wordplay.
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'holding' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ititrefen' is hidden within 'admit it ref englands'.
'ititrefen' backwards is 'NEFERTITI'.
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nefertiti that I've seen before include "Egyptian queen, the wife of Akhenaton" , "Name of queen" , "Egyptian beauty queen" , "African Queen" , "old queen" .)