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Cheer up - pulling article in support of Prince Harry (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pressure

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'cheer up pulling article' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'support of prince harry' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'prince' could be 'pr' and 'pr' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pressure that I've seen before include "Force per unit area" , "Coercion, intimidation" , "A force that compels" , "Type of organised group which tries to influence politicians" , "tension" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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