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Dream of trade supporting India (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ideal

'dream' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'trade supporting india' is the wordplay.
'trade' becomes 'deal' (synonyms).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'deal' after 'i' is 'IDEAL'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for ideal that I've seen before include "Pattern" , "Embodying perfection" , "In her dreams" , "Quite perfect, can't be improved on" , "principle to be aimed at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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