Strive to get inspiration (5,3,3)

I believe the answer is:

fight for air

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'inspiration' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'strive to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'get' is the link.

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(Another definition for fight for air that I've seen is " Gasp".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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