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Keep info from aged Oscar in shed working (4,3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

hold out on

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'keep info' is the definition.
'hold out on' can be an answer for 'keep' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'info' bit.

'aged oscar in shed working' is the wordplay.
'aged' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'shed' becomes 'hut' (I've seen this in another clue).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'old'+'o'='oldo'
'oldo' put inside 'hut' is 'holdout'.
'holdout'+'on'='HOLD OUT ON'

'from' is the link.

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(Another definition for hold out on that I've seen is " Refuse to give".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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