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Hold crushed tin can, nothing inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contain

'hold' is the definition.
('contain' can be a synonym of 'hold')

'crushed tin can nothing inside' is the wordplay.
'crushed' indicates an anagram.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'tin'+'can'='tincan'
'tincan' anagrammed gives 'cntain'.
'cntain' going around 'o' is 'CONTAIN'.

(Other definitions for contain that I've seen before include "Carry" , "keep within bounds" , "Control, restrain" , "Hold within, suppress (7)" , "I cannot (anag) - hold back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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