MSA would be safe as a last resort, but since you may have a lower altitude choice according to the altitude rules for lost comms, you can use one of those altitudes and do standard holding on the right side of the airway making right turns. Ref. Jeppesen Instrument Commercial pg. 5-50. I don't see what your issue is with this. Less than a few minutes either way and I doubt I would bother with it. You aren't going to hit anything unless you fly some really large turns because you have 4 miles to hold laterally from the centerline of a typical victor airway.