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Postpone, to fly the old in (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hold over

'postpone' is the definition.
(I know that postpone can be written as hold over)

'fly the old in' is the wordplay.
'fly' becomes 'hover' (hovering is a kind of flying).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hover' placed around 'old' is 'HOLD OVER'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hold over that I've seen before include "... postpone" , "Defer action on" , "influence on another" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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