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Difficult to support one sort of book (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hardback

'one sort of book' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'difficult to support' is the wordplay.
'difficult' becomes 'hard' ('hard' can be a synonym of 'difficult').
'to support' becomes 'back' (back is a kind of support**).
'hard'+'back'='HARDBACK'

(Other definitions for hardback that I've seen before include "Book with stiff covers" , "Penguins are rarely so" , "Style of book binding" , "Book with board covers" , "Durable version of book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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