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Keep lock on fine gold (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fortress

'keep' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lock on fine gold' is the wordplay.
'lock' becomes 'tress' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'f'+'or'='for'
'tress' put after 'for' is 'FORTRESS'.

(Other definitions for fortress that I've seen before include "Perhaps keep" , "Military stronghold" , "Place that's secure" , "Fortified defensive structure" , "Secure building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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