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Hold it to keep silent (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tongue

(Other definitions for tongue that I've seen before include "Muscular tissue in the mouth" , "Part of shoe or mouth" , "Perhaps the Gaelic" , "Language; promontory" , "Language; part of shoe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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