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Maintain a position in base where my team play? (5,4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stand ones ground

'maintain a position' is the definition.

'base where my team play?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'base' could be 'ground' ('ground' can be a synonym of 'base') and 'ground' is found within the answer.
'my' could be 'ones' ('one's' is a humorous equivalent to 'my') and 'ones' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'stand' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stand ones ground that I've seen before include "Refuse to move" , "Maintain personal position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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