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Wrestling hold you and I had to take in marriage? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wedlock

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'marriage?' is the definition.
(I know that marriage can be written as wedlock)

'wrestling hold you and i had to take' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'hold' could be 'lock' (locking is a kind of holding) and 'lock' is found in the answer.
'had' could be 'd' (in contractions e.g. 'I'd', 'you'd' etc) and 'd' is present in the answer.
'you and i' could be 'we' and 'we' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for wedlock that I've seen before include "The married state - throw away the key" , "Marital state" , "A state of union" , "State of marriage" , "Matrimony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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