Offer of support and a ring to a girl? (8)
I believe the answer is:
proposal
'offer' is the definition.
(proposal is a kind of offer)
'support and a ring to a girl?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'support' could be 'prop' (prop up can mean to support) and 'prop' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for proposal that I've seen before include "Offer - suggestion" , "a match might be arranged?" , "Offer (to get spliced?)" , "Kind of offer, perhaps of marriage" , "A suggestion, perhaps of marriage" .)