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A team supporting measures makes way (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

steps aside

'makes way' is the definition.

'a team supporting measures' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'measures' becomes 'steps' (step is a kind of measure**).
'a'+'side'='aside'
'aside' put after 'steps' is 'STEPS ASIDE'.

(Another definition for steps aside that I've seen is " Leaves".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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