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Isle of Wight is supported by an American (5)

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iowan

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'american' is the definition.
(someone from Iowa)

'isle of wight is supported by an' is the wordplay.
'isle of wight' becomes 'iow' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'is supported by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'iow'+'an'='IOWAN'

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(Other definitions for iowan that I've seen before include "Midwesterner" , "Statesman" , "American" , "One from Des Moines perhaps" , "From one US state" .)

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