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So indeed, desperately holding Victor, fell sharply (9)

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I believe the answer is:

nosedived

'fell sharply' is the definition.
(to nosedive is to plummet or fall)

'so indeed desperately holding victor' is the wordplay.
'desperately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'so'+'indeed'='soindeed'
'soindeed' anagrammed gives 'nosedied'.
'nosedied' placed around 'v' is 'NOSEDIVED'.

(Another definition for nosedived that I've seen is " plummeted".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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