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Alien supporting proposal for Mars, maybe (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

planet

'mars maybe' is the definition.
(Mars is an example)

'alien supporting proposal' is the wordplay.
'alien' becomes 'et' (extra terrestrial).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'proposal' becomes 'plan' (I've seen this before).
'et' put after 'plan' is 'PLANET'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for planet that I've seen before include "Orbiting body in the heavens" , "Earth, for instance" , "Large celestial body" , "Mercury?" , "Eg, a ruby" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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