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Depend on men to support English girl (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eleanor

'girl' is the definition.

'depend on men to support english' is the wordplay.
'depend on' becomes 'lean' (lean on).
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to support' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'lean'+'or'='leanor'
'leanor' after 'e' is 'ELEANOR'.

(Other definitions for eleanor that I've seen before include "Miss Rigby" , "Near Leo (anag) - girl's name" , "Lady" , "Henry II's wife; Beatles' Rigby" , "Wife of F. D. Roosevelt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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