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Veterans on horse behave touchingly? (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

hold hands

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'behave touchingly?' is the definition.
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'veterans on horse' is the wordplay.
'veterans' becomes 'oldhands' ('old hand' can be a synonym of 'veteran').
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'horse' becomes 'H' (abbreviation as in horse power).
'oldhands' put after 'h' is 'HOLD HANDS'.

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(Other definitions for hold hands that I've seen before include "in bridge with two hearts in play?" , "What partners do" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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