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Say no men can possibly hold it back! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mention

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'say no' is the definition.
'mention' can be an answer for 'say' (mentioning is a kind of saying). I am not certain of the 'no' bit.

'men can possibly hold it back' is the wordplay.
'can possibly' becomes 'no' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hold' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'no'+'it'='noit'
'noit' in reverse letter order is 'tion'.
'men'+'tion'='MENTION'

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(Other definitions for mention that I've seen before include "Make reference to" , "Briefly refer to (something)" , "state" , "Acknowledge" , "Passing reference" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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