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Honourable to support revolutionary in the long run (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marathon

'the long run' is the definition.
(long-distance run)

'honourable to support revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'honourable' becomes 'hon' (as in Rt Hon, Right Honourable).
'to support' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'revolutionary' becomes 'marat' (French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat).
'hon' after 'marat' is 'MARATHON'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for marathon that I've seen before include "Severe test of endurance" , "The longest foot race in sport" , "Long distance race" , "Pheidippides' starting point" , "Footrace of approx 26 miles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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