Hold me up with stabilising equipment (7)
I believe the answer is:
embrace
'hold' is the definition.
(I know that embrace is a type of hold)
'me up with stabilising equipment' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stabilising equipment' becomes 'brace' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'me' backwards is 'em'.
'em'+'brace'='EMBRACE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for embrace that I've seen before include "bear-hug?" , "Enfold affectionately in arms" , "Clasp in arms, hug" , "Willingly accept" , "Hold in one's arms" .)