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In Marseille we must support erratic goalie, being exaggeratedly complimentary (10)

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I believe the answer is:

oleaginous

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'exaggeratedly complimentary' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'in marseille we must support erratic goalie' is the wordplay.
'in marseille' becomes 'no' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'we' becomes 'us'.
'must support' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'erratic' indicates an anagram.
'goalie' with letters rearranged gives 'oleagi'.
'no'+'us'='nous'
'nous' put after 'oleagi' is 'OLEAGINOUS'.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oleaginous that I've seen before include "oily" , "fawning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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